jpdb beta

elbow

1

frown; scowl; grimace

1

bathroom

1

bathroom antechamber; dressing room; sink area; changing room (at a bathhouse, swimming pool, etc.)

2

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

1

cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead

1

thickly; densely; luxuriantly

1

detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material

1

dial-style (e.g. of phones)

1

threshold; breaking point

1

spot; point; place; position

1

water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway

1

keeping silent; saying nothing at all

1

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

1

unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy

1

to try to do; to attempt to do

1

to push someone (towards); to encourage someone

1

sheet; bed sheet

3

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

2

confronting directly; meeting face-to-face

1

what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?

1

judging from appearances; to all appearances; from the looks of it; on the face of it; apparently; seemingly

1

to buy a replacement; to replace (with a new purchase)

1

things to be washed; (dirty) dishes; laundry; washing

1

laundromat; launderette; laundrette; coin-operated laundry; coin laundry; coin-op

1

interior; inside; internal

1

propeller

2

driver (of a vehicle); motorist; screwdriver; driver (club); (device) driver

1

to pick something out (nose, hole, etc.); to pry (into people's private affairs)

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

1

minute; fine; detailed; subtle

1

to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)

1

since when; from when; how long

1

some days; several days

1

inside this; in this; in here; among these; of this group; out of these

1

to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)

1

cuff; armhole

1

by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; going back; returning; chorus

1

to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)

1

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

1

to sew in

1

being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other

1

privacy

1

national defence; national defense

2

dear me; I mean; or rather

1

private life

1

at once; immediately; right now

1

clear; clear-cut; lucid; unequivocal; explicit

1

state; country; nation

1

extrajudicial; extralegal; supralegal

1