jpdb beta

children

2

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

2

something like ...; something called ...

2

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

1

rather than

1

help; aid; assistance

1

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

1

report; information

1

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

1

briskly; smartly; promptly; clearly; lucidly

1

to talk; to chat; to chatter

1

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

1

bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling

1

to begin (doing); to start (doing)

1

fundamental; basic

1

various

1

children

5

too much; excessively; too

1

dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

both (people)

1

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

1

this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means

1

excuse; pretext

1

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

1

the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

1

dizziness; giddiness; vertigo

1

slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed

1

book

2

to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

1

indeed; really; truly; very much

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

1

big craze; boom; popular trend; widespread contagion; large outbreak

1

adventure story; novel of adventure

1

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

3

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

1

to dream (of)

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

2

already; too late

2

how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

1

to read aloud to another

4

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

1

to buy as a gift

4

favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)

1

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

1

present; gift; to give a present or gift

1

reason; pretext; motive

1

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

1