jpdb beta

manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing

1

little by little; bit by bit

4

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

1

(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability

1

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

2

to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

1

to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive

4

lie; fib; falsehood; untruth

3

to hold one's breath

1

(rolling) along; (rolling) over and over; with a bright, ringing sound (e.g. of a bell); (laughing) in a bright, high-pitched tone; (changing) frequently (of opinions, conversation topic, etc.); constantly; (losing) all too easily

1

bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre

1

lovable

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

only recently; just of late

1

to be caused by; to result from; to arise from; cause; origin

1

point of view; viewpoint; angle; visual point (position of the eye in calculations of optical instruments)

2

since one was born; (in) all one's life

2

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

2

being heard (by others); being overheard; being leaked (of plans, secrets, etc.); going in one ear and out the other

2

to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out

4

(the thing) itself

2

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

oneself; myself

2

repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring

1

movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running

1

to pause; to have a short intermission

1

to seize the initiative

1

to look into; to peep into; to peer into

3

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

3

having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose

1

to crush (with the weight of misfortune)

1

to long (for); to yearn (for); to love ardently; to do eagerly; to do with restless anticipation

2

to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away

1

filthy; dirty (looking); drab

1

to get tired of seeing; to get tired of looking at

1

very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow

1

to lie down (and rest)

3

here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

1

twice

1

early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk

2

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

3

hunger; starvation

1

appetite (for food)

1

maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum

2

source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter

1

single-person cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell

3

middle of the night; dead of night

1

emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness

1

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

1

to become hoarse; to become husky

1