jpdb beta

(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

2

successively; one after another

2

I; as for me

1

the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual

1

similar things turning up one after another; (lit.) bamboo shoots after rain

2

the other day; a few days ago

1

cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding

1

to boil; to seethe

1

(as alike as) two peas in a pod

1

vagrant; vagabond; tramp

1

to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out

1

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

1

half day

3

to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

1

lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch

1

to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse

3

postnatal; post partum

1

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

7

clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes

8

to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest

1

piece of evidence; evidence

1

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

2

example; precedent; case

1

unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history

1

comet

1

how old?; what age?

1

forty; 40

2

king; monarch; ruler; champion

3

dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity

2

to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback

4

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

1

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

4

one's twenties

2

confusion; dismay; consternation; panic

4

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

2

hair (on the head)

2

actual age; true age

1

to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

2

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

4

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

2

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

1

bow (salute, greeting)

3

wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper

1

brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)

1

-made; make

1

to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)

1

wet nurse; nursing mother

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person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

1

beckoning

2

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

2