jpdb beta

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

1

polish; improvement; burnishing

1

children

1

to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

1

strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance

1

banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of

1

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

1

vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude

3

character

1

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

2

appearance; air; condition; state; form

1

to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse

1

such; like that; in that way

1

infant; baby; little child

1

to happen to have on hand or in stock

2

sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage

1

recitation; reciting from memory

1

biased view (biassed); prejudice; one-sided view

1

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

1

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

1

calm; composed; leisurely

3

attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

5

unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

1

to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of

2

to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for

1

rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby

1

palatial residence; stately mansion

1

meaning; called; said

1

head; brains; intelligence

1

sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish

1

to say no more; to sink into silence

3

quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking

1

to be eloquent; to have a way with words

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

3

quarrel; dispute; argument

1

precedent; example

1

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

2

early rising

1

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

1

to chase; to run after; to pursue

1

sweets; sweet food

3

to look forward to something

2

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

4

to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

2

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

1

to tame; to win over

1

to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name

1

carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip

1

to use properly; to use (different things) for different purposes

1

to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate

2