jpdb beta

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

1

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

2

to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

1

bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone

1

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

2

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

4

taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story

1

dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration

1

original form; base form

1

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

1

assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

1

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

5

if you are free; if you have time to spare; if not otherwise engaged

1

to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

2

to do together

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

1

to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition

2

to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo

1

exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured

1

authority; power; influence

1

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

2

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

3

to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself

1

parental love or affection

1

personage; person (deserving of respect)

2

old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe

1

(arch.) it is not so; no; never mind

1

classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

12

to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter

1

high achiever; student with good academic results

1

front row

2

to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

2

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

1

auditorium; lecture hall

1

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

2

sunlight; rays of the Sun

1

to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in

2

several people

3

facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)

3

to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind

1

resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted

1

blackboard

4

self-introduction

2

How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

1

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

2

silence; stillness; quietness

1

eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam

2

in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether

1

doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

1