jpdb beta

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

4

hating; strongly disliking

2

attendance; presence; appearance

2

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

4

unluckily

2

irregular; bad bounce (in tennis); bad hop (in baseball)

1

awareness that one is not good at something; feelings of inferiority

1

to approach; to draw near

3

practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)

1

there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

5

by the window

2

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

3

paying no heed to; not caring about; taking no notice of

1

as usual; as is one's habit

1

curiosity; inquisitiveness

1

forktail bullhead (species of catfish, Pelteobagrus nudiceps)

1

repair; mending; fixing; servicing

2

to finish reading; to read through

3

to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)

1

unable to wait

1

light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight

1

orange (fruit, colour)

1

in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

1

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

4

to watch steadily; to stare

2

they; those guys; those fellows

2

deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

2

unworthy; unbecoming; improper

1

quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly

1

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

11

most difficult; next to impossible

1

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

5

investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin

1

to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over

1

to reread; to read again

1

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

1

unconscious

2

to take a breath; to take a short rest

1

to go on reading

2

evening sun; setting sun

2

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

4

fixed phrase; canned phrase; standard wording; template; boilerplate

1

reluctant (to part)

3

to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)

9

thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble

2

wishful

1

favorable; favourable

2

to look forward to

2

to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

1