jpdb beta

threat; menace; coercion; terrorism

2

idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation

1

to take the form (of); to assume a shape

1

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

2

(in) my own way

2

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

2

to look old; to become musty; to wear out

1

to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly

1

fragmentary

1

to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)

2

sullenly; taciturnly; morosely; taciturn person; uncommunicative person

2

scene; sight; scenario; setting

3

on countless occasions; many a time

2

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

1

to age; to grow old

2

to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other

1

only recently; just of late

1

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

1

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

to become misty; to become hazy

1

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

2

one-way traffic

2

here and there; in places

1

racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles

1

compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration

1

without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)

1

truth

1

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

3

to cease; to stop; to be over

6

still; as yet; as of old

1

to feel depressed; to be down

2

naturally; of course; understandably

1

there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

1

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

1

taking care of something by oneself; self-management

1

unfortunately; sorry, but ...

1

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

2

umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

7

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

9

women's goods

1

aunt; old lady; ma'am

1

such; this sort of; like this

1

older sister; lass; young lady

2

obsession; unreasonable but compulsive idea

2

crabbily; unsociably

1

womanly; ladylike; feminine

3

doing whatever one pleases

1

(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course

1

indicate reason; infers some protest

1