jpdb beta

playing house

1

brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited

1

staying up all night

1

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

3

to have authority over; to exercise one's authority (over); to glare; to scowl at; to glower at

1

exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

1

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

1

sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)

1

faint; swoon

1

hidden reserves of strength; latent energy; potentiality; real strength

1

to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating

1

walk; stroll

6

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

1

in the dark

1

to join hands (with)

8

having good eyesight

1

calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility

1

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

1

moonlit night

2

slightly; faintly

4

yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill

1

growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation

1

to view (cherry) blossoms; to look at flowers

1

the late; the deceased

1

mother

2

to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

2

outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

1

having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed

1

this world; this life; this generation; present day

1

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

3

decision; determination; resolution

3

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

1

not counted (in the score); not tallied

1

to make merry; to be festive

2

to pull oneself together; to focus one's mind; to brace oneself; to gird up one's loins

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

1

heartening; reassuring

2

accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank

1

friend

1

to act arrogantly; to be puffed up with success; to behave like one is better than others

2

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1

sense of beauty; aesthetic sense

1

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

1

unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

2

senior; elder; person older than oneself

1

physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline

1

brainwashing

4

state of (mental) confusion (agitation)

2

to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

1

obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude

1