jpdb beta

school gate

1

bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building

2

new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title

1

change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)

1

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

9

comfort; consolation; diversion

1

when it becomes; when it comes to

4

at parting; on parting

1

thank you

1

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

4

shivering; trembling

1

school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

1

looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out

1

to comfort; to console; to amuse

1

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)

1

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

1

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

4

frail; slender; feminine

1

at all costs; at any cost; surmounting all difficulties

1

precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

2

totteringly; trudgingly

1

to head home; to leave for home

2

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

1

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

1

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

1

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

2

how many years; how long; what year

1

to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out

4

university student; college student

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

6

compared to

4

indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

3

sophistry; sophism

1

exaggeration

2

to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline

1

foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling

2

voluble; eloquent

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

7

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

3

make-up; makeup; cosmetics

2

does not

1

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

2

uniform

4

refusal; rejection

1

affirmation; affirmative (logic)

1

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

1

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

8

change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality

4