jpdb beta

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

5

king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne

1

meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

1

meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous

1

excuse; pretext

1

to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin

2

to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question

1

bull's-eye; the mark

1

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

1

to wrap up

3

to turn one's face away

1

before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

1

to occur; to happen

1

to stiffen; to become stiff

1

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

1

hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy

1

to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud

1

how can (one) do something

1

main cause; primary factor

1

simply put; putting it simply; in short

1

to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy

2

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

1

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

2

in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

1

weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

2

to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)

1

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

long time; long interval; for quite some time

1

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

2

to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

2

faltering; hesitation

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

1

forelock; bangs

2

to comb one's hair

1

on the occasion of; at the time of

1

self-defense; self-defence

1

other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

1

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

1

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to

1

to go to see (something, someone); to visit

1

to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate

2

one month

1

return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR

1

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

1

common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known

1

distant; cold; formal

1