jpdb beta

love affair; liaison

2

to be

2

politician; statesman

1

such; like that; that sort of; very

2

favorite phrase; favourite phrase; byword; something one always talks about

1

(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

1

to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

1

politics; government

1

criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

1

photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

9

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

7

assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor

1

slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)

3

smile

5

assertion; declaration; affirmation

5

last night

1

to fall asleep

1

blouse

2

to sleep like a log; to sleep deeply

1

self-timer; delayed-action (shutter release)

1

function; facility; faculty; feature

3

to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter

1

this is why; this means; it is the case that

1

hypnosis

2

enchantingly beautiful flower; bewitching beauty

2

cultivation

2

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

11

sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death

3

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

13

how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name

3

amount of light; quantity of light

1

balance

1

angle

1

to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

2

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

28

quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on

3

to blow out; to spout out

2

harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result

2

coincident with; while; simultaneously

9

surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)

2

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

1

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

2

to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play

1

to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession

1

seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

2

punishment; penalty

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

6

excuse; pretext

4

parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot

1

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

9