jpdb beta

insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned

2

to be helpful; to be useful

3

to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about

1

unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy

1

munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

1

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

2

(not) even; (not) any

1

together; at the same time; same; identical

5

tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground

2

should not; must not

1

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

3

if it's the case

4

taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.

1

hindrance; intrusion

2

twitching

1

(one's) self; oneself

5

limit; bound

1

um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

2

interest; eagerness; enthusiasm

2

return; welcome home

2

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

9

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

1

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

1

trouble; quarrel; dispute

1

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

5

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

6

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

1

to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps

3

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

1

to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

3

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

16

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

1

to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

6

to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down

2

formal marriage interview

8

to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)

3

to mind; to care; to worry

1

table

1

repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring

1

absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

1

that; the matter in question

1

in the future; another day; later

1

reply; answer; response

8

bow (salute, greeting)

2

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

4

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

1