jpdb beta

story; tale; talk; discussion

8

smile

3

quiz

1

perfect score; full marks; extremely; very; quite

1

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

25

innocent; simple-minded

1

century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)

2

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

11

to save trouble; to save effort; to save hassle; to save bother; to save time

1

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

18

to stare in wonder; to be amazed

3

personal; individual; private

2

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

3

to guess right

2

as expected; predictably; not surprisingly

2

to be surprised; to be astonished

12

years later

5

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

5

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

1

space; interval; space character; whitespace

1

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

15

after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

1

during the war

1

postwar period; period after Second World War

1

level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level

2

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

3

great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

1

in addition; besides

7

to be (doing)

3

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

4

reporter; journalist

2

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

1

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

1

to have an interest (in)

1

without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily

1

to make a fist; to clench one's fist

2

curiosity; inquisitiveness

2

pupil (of eye); eye

8

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

2

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

to be

6

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

24

to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match

1

to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify

9

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

3

tattling; telling on (someone)

2

bar; pub; tavern

1

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

4

graveyard; cemetery

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

3