jpdb beta

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

2

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

1

pinioning; binding arms behind the back

1

rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling

6

end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part

1

going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people

1

way; method; means; resource; course

2

say; well; um; er

1

timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear

2

to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for

1

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

4

torture

1

obedient; docile; quiet

5

person; member

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen

1

bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

1

to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

3

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

1

clenched fist

1

is that so?

5

at once; immediately; right now

3

obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

3

being too late; losing one's final chance

1

trifles; minor details

1

to set aside

2

keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)

1

proper; right; reasonable

1

sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning

2

suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently

1

a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)

1

embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile

1

various; several

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

at that time; in those days

2

to hold one's tongue; to shut up

2

tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation

1

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

4

to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

2

violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity

1

married person

1

bereavement

1

speaking without thinking; words spoken without much thought

1

truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

2

to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

1

otherwise; if not; or else

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

2

to apologize; to apologise

1

so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

3