jpdb beta

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis

1

freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes

2

to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch

1

thin; slender

2

feeble

1

to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in

1

half

1

with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter

1

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

1

short; brief

2

meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence

1

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

3

foul-mouthed; abusive

1

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

5

to hate; to detest

2

after all; because; but; even; too; as well

7

to choose; to select

1

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

3

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

9

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen

2

incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost

1

tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy

2

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

3

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

2

shriek; scream

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

2

to do so; to do thus

1

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

1

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

5

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

2

to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come

2

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

1

to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think

1

he; she; that person; (arch.) you

5

grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak

1

to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

1

rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily

1

pitch dark; total darkness

2

to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

1

something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)

6

field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken

1

to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound

1

round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm

1

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

2

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

4

to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up

1

to pray; to wish

4