jpdb beta

rhythmically (beating, e.g. gong); clip-clopping (e.g. horse); crumbly; ambling; strolling; dozing

1

corner; nook; recess

1

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

1

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

1

body and soul; mind and body

1

doze; nap; snooze

1

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

2

body pillow; hug pillow

1

to lower one's voice; to speak more softly

1

grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment

1

sharp-eared; keen-eared; quick-eared

1

reading a book in turn

1

feeble; faint; weak

1

degree of difficulty; difficulty level

1

duty; role; function

1

to entrust; to leave to a person

1

for a long time

1

birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding

1

annual (plant)

1

older brother; elder brother

3

expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment

2

bitter

1

to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely

1

self-torturing; masochistic

1

outward appearance; ostensible; public; official

1

office and rank; an official rank

1

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

1

to order; to command; to appoint

1

revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out

1

to sulk; to pout

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

1

in person; personally; directly

1

to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag

1

older brother

7

open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited

2

wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible

1

proviso

1

to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)

1

(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad

7

to like too much; to like to excess; to adore

1

to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

1

loveable; very likeable; like very much

1

about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite

1

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

2

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

1

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

1

will not do; do not; does not

1

a little bit; a little while

1

(political) purge

4

princes; lords

1