jpdb beta

to grasp tightly

2

to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten

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to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

3

calm; composed; leisurely

1

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

1

to sit down

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skirt

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

1

to cross one's legs

1

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago

2

uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease

1

skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid

3

married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

3

rather than

1

master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee

1

to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself

1

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

9

beginning; outset; first; onset

2

balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic

1

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

1

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

2

consequence; outcome; result; blame

3

fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)

5

to pretend

2

arrow; wedge; chock

1

to shoot or fire off an arrow

1

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

2

how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like

2

quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble

1

feeling; sense; impression

2

surely (not); certainly (not)

1

banquet; dinner party

1

and; as well as

1

drama; play; powerful drug

1

now that you say that; now that you mention it

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

1

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

1

reply; answer; response

1

should do; ought to do

1

to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself

1

to look away; to avert one's eyes

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

2

to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

4

valid; effective; yuko (judo)

1

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

1

query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry

1

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

1

at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment

2

to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away

1

to see through; to see the true nature of something

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