jpdb beta

ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)

5

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

1

return; coming back

1

to await; to expect

2

duty; role; function

1

incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling

1

teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)

1

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

1

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

1

emphasis-adding particle

1

to shake off (e.g. rain from an umbrella)

1

occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

1

to put in a word for; to second; to support

1

retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking

1

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

1

to make tea

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

1

to pout

1

irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

2

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

1

custody; detention; confinement

1

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

1

state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances

1

to speak; to talk; to mediate; to act as a go-between; to put in a good word (for someone)

1

for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)

1

probation

1

from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

1

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

1

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

1

to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water

1

to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

1

feigning ignorance; acting dumb

1

teary eyes

1

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

1

bandage; dressing

1

piece of evidence; evidence

1

house where one was born; one's parents' house

1

on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since

1

restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

1

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

1

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

1

at that time; in those days

1

young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age

1

one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

1

to be away from home; to be out of the house

1

(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

1

standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

1

subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

1

cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine

1