jpdb beta

to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

1

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

2

pre-nuptial doubts; wedding blues

3

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

1

perm (hairstyle); permanent wave

2

if; in case; supposing

1

(cow's) milk

2

to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)

2

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

1

unworthy; unbecoming; improper

1

incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome

1

great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity

1

only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be

1

marriage

2

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

bride

1

bridegroom

1

decision; vote

1

once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

1

indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question

1

answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising

1

result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

3

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

3

emotional instability

1

extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

1

unconscious

1

symptoms; condition (of a patient)

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

10

counter for birds, rabbits, etc.

10

pluralizing suffix

1

(once) again

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

3

bull's-eye; the mark

1

eye of a needle

1

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

1

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

1

fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

1

pickoff attempt; throw to check a runner

1

becoming stereotyped; getting stuck in a rut; humdrum; mannerism (art, etc.)

2

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination

2

couple

2

once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

2

wave (on water); wave (electromagnetic, sound, etc.); wave (in hair); wave (audience); Mexican wave

1

temperature

2

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

1

hey; hold on; come on

2

so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

2

children

1