jpdb beta

woman; female; female lover; girlfriend; mistress

3

regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...

1

considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty

2

old badger; veteran; oldtimer; schemer; old fox

3

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

3

divorce

1

it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written

2

ratio; proportion; match; equal; compared with ...; relative to ...

1

to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)

5

a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number

1

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

5

tyrant; despot

1

to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage

1

they; those guys

1

value; worth; merit

1

to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for

1

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

3

time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity

2

when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives

1

to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way

1

to do what one is told to (esp. of a child); to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says; to do what one wants something (one's body, legs, etc.) to do; to work as expected (e.g. of a machine); to obey (one)

1

vigilantly (watching for an opportunity); eagerly; with an eagle eye

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

1

gentle; quiet; mild; quiet (color, pattern, etc.); sober

2

it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)

1

properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly

3

to distribute; to hand out

1

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation

1

to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over

1

common sense; common knowledge; common understanding

1

grim face

1

silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark

1

to do

2

who

3

absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness

2

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

3

sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly

1

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

1

to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly

1

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

1

to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged

1

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

1

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible

1

to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

1

spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal

2

reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense

1