jpdb beta

to open one's eyes wide

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shoulder bag

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shoulder strap (on a dress)

1

to grasp tightly

3

posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

1

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

1

compared to

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very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

1

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

2

softly; gently; lightly

1

hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)

2

skirt

5

coupled with; together

2

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

1

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

2

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

1

naming; christening; fiance; fiancee

1

law; rule

1

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

3

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

3

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

1

to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

3

to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

3

moment; second; instant

2

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

1

unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious (psychoanalysis)

2

arm; skill; efforts; ability

2

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

1

clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.

6

thin; slender; fine; unlucky

1

feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

1

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

2

to sound shrill (of a voice); to sound high-pitched and excited; to get excited; to become restless; to be thrown too high; to come in high

2

barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty

1

for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion

2

excuse; pretext

1

to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

1

oh, yes?; really?

1

store; shop

3

sitting; feast; speech

1

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

1

bag

1

affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable

1

to begin talking; to open up

1

this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent

1

rarely; seldom

1

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

1

occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

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