jpdb beta

stifled (laughter); simmering

2

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

5

you; dear; honey

4

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

7

years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past

1

Decae

1

(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

1

good grief

1

eye

2

shout; yell; scream

3

heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah

2

uh-huh; sniff-sniff

1

to haul in (e.g. rope, net, etc.); to pull in; to attract (e.g. stares)

1

to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)

1

barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear

1

oh; ah; I'll be darned

1

participation; joining; entry; adherence

5

woman; girl

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 be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

3

setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)

14

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

deep breath

1

to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black

1

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

1

to ponder; to brood

2

one's mind

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

1

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

1

lantern (esp. handheld oil lamp); hurricane lamp

1

(war) front

1

going south

1

seaside; seashore; coast; coastland

1

to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

2

long trip

1

to walk through (to the end); to walk the whole way

1

beyond this point; from now on; after this

4

for work; in a manner related to work

1

with these words; while saying

4

to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

1

bark (of a tree, etc.)

1

to mix; to stir; to blend

1

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

2

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

2

millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

1

real thing; original; actual

1

inside one's heart; in one's mind

1

natural airhead; person prone to making silly mistakes

1

-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...

1

medicine; chemicals

2