jpdb beta

bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed

1

evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)

1

Good heavens!; Oh my god!; gee whiz

1

forehead; brow

2

clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes

1

bedside; near one's pillow

1

Charlotte

160

Shal (Pakistan); Shull

281

waiting expectantly; waiting eagerly; looking forward to; long-awaited

1

gifted education; special education for gifted children

1

disqualification; unfitness; noncompliance

1

Octavia

190

first grandchild

2

post-natal; since birth

2

grandpa; granddad

7

grandpa; grampa; grandfather

1

younger brother and sister

2

remarkable; striking; obvious

1

keep up your strength; chin up!

1

to be lured; to be tempted; to go along with somebody's suggestion; to be talked into doing

1

parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)

1

child born within a year of another; children born in consecutive years

1

old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated

1

to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture

3

in a bad mood

1

stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough

1

another family; another house

1

nap; doze

2

drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

1

cot; basinette; crib

7

solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition

2

start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game

1

curtsy; curtsey

4

logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument

1

adherence (to one's beliefs) (positive nuance); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground

1

as; because; with; due to

3

furiously; passionately; indignantly

1

being actualized; becoming apparent; becoming tangible; surfacing

1

to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)

1

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

2

breaking down; defeating; abolishing

1

husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

3

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

1

being adopted into the family of one's bride

1

spouse; wife; husband; partner

1

falling in love; attachment

1

father; male parent

1

even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should

4

at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because

1

to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation

1