jpdb beta

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

to sit down

1

to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)

1

to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

1

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

1

to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura

1

fumbling; groping

1

fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

1

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

1

Shirley; Charrie; Sherley

4

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

3

jealousy; envy

1

it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...

1

to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away

1

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

1

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

1

explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology

1

to freeze

1

plural; multiple; several

1

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

2

a hard time; pains

1

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

2

love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections

1

to some extent; to a certain extent

1

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

133

railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations

2

Chelsea

2

immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible

1

assertion; declaration; affirmation

2

serious look (on one's face); straight face

1

to grasp tightly

1

small fire

1

to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided

1

to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)

3

being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together

1

pupil (of eye); eye

2

freckles; buckwheat chaff

1

lovely; sweet

1

looks; features

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

2

dissolute; dissipated; licentious; slovenly; untidy; messy

1

eagle (Accipitridae family)

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce

1

since when; from when; how long

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity

1

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

2