jpdb beta

both (people)

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selection; choice; option

1

to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say

1

indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating

1

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

2

the exact opposite

1

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

1

violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely

1

to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off

1

alternately; by turns; one after the other

2

swelling; bulge; puff

1

real intention; true motive; true meaning

1

chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events

1

(turned out) all right in the end

3

change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest

1

being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

1

to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize

1

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

1

merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling

1

to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse

1

cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants

1

next; then; after that

1

to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

2

child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

2

(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty

3

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

1

evaluation criteria; evaluation standard

2

please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

equality; equal; same rights; same rank; equivalence

1

bright; intelligent; clever; smart

3

misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)

1

terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

1

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

1

shopping; purchased goods

2

to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with

1

warm and fluffy; soft; steamy hot (food); hot and flaky; feeling mentally tired; feeling of tired relief or accomplishment after effort or perseverance

1

opposite side; opposition

1

to soothe; to calm; to pacify

2

supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super

1

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

2

playmate; playfellow

2

(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl

2

playing house

1

indifferent; paying no attention; taking no notice

1

as soon as; right after

1

and yet; though; when; in spite of

4

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

1

curious; strange; unusual

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

1

kitchen

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