jpdb beta

to have a talk; to tell a story

8

amorous rumour (rumor); romantic gossip

1

objection; shortcomings

1

without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory

2

to intervene; to stop (something)

1

trial; test

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance

6

push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness

1

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

1

inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness

1

crying hard; crying one's eyes out; loud crying; wailing; profuse weeping

3

soft voice

1

warmth

2

love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

3

at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

1

intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum

1

to hate each other; to hate mutually

1

pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)

1

very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason

1

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

1

evening; dusk

1

to run around; to bustle about

1

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

2

to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard

1

calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested

1

selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

4

to have the memory of having done something oneself

1

guardian

1

to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with

1

hatred

1

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

1

that is to say; so that means

3

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

1

to rock; to shake; to swing

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

2

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

4

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

6

stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

3

chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply

2

what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?

2

seal

2

closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently

3

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

2

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

2

uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home

1

to finish reading; to read through

2

to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)

1

piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper

1

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve

1