jpdb beta

to exert oneself; to make efforts

1

self-consciousness; self-awareness

6

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

1

to achieve one's desire

1

fairy tale

3

to dress up

1

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

3

ego; egoism; egoist

1

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

2

precisely because

4

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

3

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

5

goody goody; goody two-shoes; teacher's pet

1

always; at any time

2

selfish

1

to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

2

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

2

yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday

1

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

2

at least; at most; (even) just

5

to be hesitant; to feel timid

1

to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out

2

to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

11

clear; precise; definite; distinct

5

to lend a hand; to help

2

selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity

1

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

1

this and that; one thing or another

2

leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row

1

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

4

to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)

10

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

4

noon; midday

1

to disappear; to vanish

3

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

1

self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

2

main; principal; chief; primary; major

2

storefront; shopfront

1

companion; company

1

bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh

1

travelling clothes; traveling clothes; travelling outfit; traveling outfit

2

lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

2

to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over

2

to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge

1

(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze

3

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

3

(feelings of) love

1

because

9