jpdb beta

to be caught in a dilemma; to get into a scrape

1

judgment; judgement; divination; judgement

1

lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

1

manner; style

1

subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

1

to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

1

such; this sort of; like this

2

stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling

1

temporary

1

to serve; to work for; to attend

1

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

1

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)

1

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

1

to watch over; to watch attentively

1

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

3

to say; to tell; to state; to do

1

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

1

I; me

4

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

1

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

2

for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

1

denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like

2

hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense

1

what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything

1

to not believe one's ears

1

obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded

1

jest; joke; funny story

2

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

2

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

2

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

1

two; 2

1

step; stride; counter for steps

2

three; 3

1

stepping back; drawing back

1

to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant

1

it is not (like that) either

1

mere; only a ...

1

reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding

1

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

1

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

5

embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

1

to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour

1

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

1

overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless

1

interest; appeal; attraction; fun

1

My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!

1

corner of the eye

1

to pull in (fish); to land

1

sense of humor; sense of humour

1