jpdb beta

assent; consent

1

surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard

1

to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)

1

to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

1

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

1

awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained

3

ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah

10

I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me

7

misunderstanding; mistaken idea; wrong guess

2

to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty

1

sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious

1

in one's own way or style

2

to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

2

conviction; belief; confidence

1

cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

3

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

1

to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well

1

how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

1

just because; even if; even though

5

candidate; applicant

1

number; amount

3

wherein; therein; thereinto

3

you; dear; honey

1

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

3

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

2

one eyebrow

1

regret; repentance

1

to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)

7

calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

2

appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance

3

at a young age; while still young

1

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)

2

calculating

1

to live through; to survive

1

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

1

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

5

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

1

one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping

1

never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means

4

portrait

8

love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting

2

account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

3

to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up

1

to be doing; to be in the process of doing

1

warmth

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

3