jpdb beta

ahem; harrumph

1

senior; older; elderly

1

comb

1

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

1

to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind

1

indirect

1

according to (someone)

1

lover; mistress

3

being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment

1

to have an idea; to have a clue

1

specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

1

disgrace; shame

1

attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

1

danger; peril; hazard; risk

1

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

1

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

1

to brave a danger; to take a risk

1

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

1

mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff

1

alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery

1

distrust of (other) human beings

1

to show up; to appear; to turn up

1

the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

1

presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others

1

like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to

3

older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

1

seeming sad

1

temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical

1

to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship

1

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

1

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

1

physical condition; state of health

2

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

1

to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

4

early on; earlier on; from early

1

sleeplessness; insomnia; wakefulness

1

to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime

1

hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary

1

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

1

that's so, isn't it

1

adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

4

representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney

1

month after next

1

to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK

1

to rack one's brains

1

to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee

1

evening party

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