jpdb beta

slender; slim

1

cricket (game)

4

great player; star player

2

play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying

3

to be bony; to be angular

2

body build; figure

1

to finish reading; to read through

1

how long; how far; how much

6

to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart

1

malicious; ill-tempered; unkind

14

to state; to express; to mention

2

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

24

to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore

3

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

5

delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome

2

worried; troubled; afflicted; to afflict; to torment

1

youth; young person

1

early afternoon

6

post office

1

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

3

looking away; looking aside

7

while passing each other

2

freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly

1

emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point

1

beautiful face; good looks; beauty

1

stepping back; drawing back

2

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

12

purple; violet

1

to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive

1

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

3

shock; impact; crash

15

this area; around here

3

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

17

whoops; oops; gulp; ulp; ugh; yuck

1

lingering scent

1

sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony

1

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

3

to put one's hand on; to touch

1

to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)

1

rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot

3

to come to one's senses; to calm down

10

peep; peeping; peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures

2

to pretend

6

to thrust before; to thrust at

3

(with a) start; fright; alarm

5

right in the center (centre)

4

understanding completely; understanding all there is to know

1

work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking

1

maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development

3

artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality

3