jpdb beta

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

10

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

in succession; one after another

2

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

2

genuine article; real thing; real deal

1

to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked

2

to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade

13

close to the wall; alongside the wall

3

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

1

to love

6

to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept

3

abashment; bashfulness

2

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

8

looking; viewing; (please) try (to)

1

omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

1

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

3

practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

2

entreaty; supplication; petition

2

marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials

8

oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then

1

waiting impatiently for

1

longed-for; anxiously awaited

1

self control; self restraint

2

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

1

boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless

1

to ponder; to brood

4

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

3

obedient; docile; quiet

1

breast pocket

2

pattern; design

1

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

1

handkerchief

1

white background; blank; female virgin

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

3

thread; yarn; string

3

embroidery

3

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

6

perfection; flawlessness

1

handkerchief

7

to compare with the eye

1

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

6

to breathe out; to exhale

2

as we know

2

should; must; -able; probably; likely

3

human being; human; person; character (of a person)

4

unique; peculiar; singular

1

mother

2

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

3

lineage; pedigree; family line; birth

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

3