jpdb beta

to jump upon (a moving object)

1

clandestine meeting

1

lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period

3

courtyard; quadrangle; middle court

6

stool

4

appointment

1

pressure; force

2

trouble; quarrel; dispute

1

aha!; yes sir

1

selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

2

order; command; directions; instructions

4

spacious; vast; wide

2

unpopular

2

heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop

1

shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

1

to look downwards (at); to lower one's gaze; to drop one's eyes

1

several minutes; a few minutes

1

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

1

to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

1

back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin

1

production (e.g. play); direction

1

one's best interests; one's own good

1

promptly; quickly

1

at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth

1

optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

11

correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)

3

to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce

2

rustling of clothes

1

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

1

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

all; entire; whole; altogether

4

opinion; view; comment

1

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

5

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

2

(romantic) love

2

muffled voice

1

(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies

2

blow; hit; stroke

2

to realize; to realise; to hit upon something

1

barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless

1

to detain; to check; to restrain

4

miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries

2

sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

1

iron pot; kettle

1

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

1

leading question

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

1

technique; method

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

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