jpdb beta

doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man

3

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

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

1

slender; slim

1

to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed

3

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

1

thank you very much

1

at a glance; by accident

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

1

apology

2

to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud

1

opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)

3

to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay

1

acquaintance

1

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

1

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

to throw; to toss; to fling; to abandon (one's work); to give up; to lay aside

1

handkerchief

1

outer canthus; outer corner of the eye

2

rush mat; matting; mat

1

curt; blunt; brusque

1

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

1

by myself; in person; by oneself

5

frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

1

thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)

1

impact; shock; impulse; (psychological) shock

3

to shrug one's shoulders

3

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)

1

to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos

1

nervousness; oversensitivity

1

body; physical system; (the) person

4

to turn upside down; to turn (face) downward

2

to point upward; to look upward; to improve

1

self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility

1

after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably

1

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character

1

relation; relative; kind; cordial

1

to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words

1

much less; to say nothing of

1

sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)

1

unanticipated; unexpected

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

1

originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

1

second son

2

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

serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel

1

bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy

1

confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

1

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

2