jpdb beta

um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

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at least

1

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

1

comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly

1

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

1

to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down

7

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

soft voice

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no; nope

1

settlement; solution; resolution

2

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

2

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

1

victim; injured party; sufferer

4

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

1

gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; upright; righteous; (arch.) unspoiled (scenery, etc.); (arch.) pure

1

joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)

1

corners of the mouth

1

to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy

1

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

2

to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

1

meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

1

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

1

to turn over; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (a flag); to let (a skirt, cape, etc.) flap in the wind

1

to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

2

negative; contradictory

1

to lose one's temper; to lose patience; to have enough; to be exasperated; to become irritated; to get fed up

1

every year; yearly; annually

1

very likely; very probable

1

inconvenient

1

to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)

3

it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

1

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

1

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements; e.g. trembling, quick steps); gradual; bit by bit

1

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

1

to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill

1

to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist

4

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

1

disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss

2

to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down

1

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

2

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

1

disappointment; despair

1

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

1

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

2

to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb

1

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

1

barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

1

at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of

2

to laugh scornfully

2