jpdb beta

intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)

1

old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence

1

to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane

1

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

1

salesperson; shop assistant; hawker; (arch.) male prostitute

1

studies; schoolwork; classwork

1

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

1

to become pregnant

1

favour; favor; obligation; kindness; benevolence

1

to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

5

treasure

2

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

2

refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

1

to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew

2

remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted

3

young noblewoman; princess

4

to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge

3

to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off

1

about; on; regarding; per; for every

1

independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted

2

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

1

dissipation; prodigality; debauchery

1

repurchase; redemption

1

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

2

branch office; branch store

1

to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely

3

asceticism

2

to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform

1

everybody

1

to feel at ease; to feel relaxed

1

sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

1

confidentially; privately; off the record

1

to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

2

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

1

to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated

1

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

1

small box; casket

5

jewel box; jewelry box; jewelry case; casket

3

gem; jewel; precious stone

6

letter; note; epistle; correspondence

2

to conceal; to hide

2

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

2

uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

1

to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for

1

moonlight; moonbeam

1

approximate age

1

fourteen; 14

1

joy; pleasure; delight

3

terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous

4