jpdb beta

decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

2

Brazil

56

call; invitation

1

check mark; tick mark

22

Rio Carnival

2

samba

13

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

1

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

3

direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person

1

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

2

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

2

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

1

being very busy; busyness

1

rarely; seldom

1

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

1

to bear; to endure

1

longed-for; anxiously awaited

1

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

1

to manage something successfully; to be successful

2

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

1

birthday

1

mother; wife

12

taking no notice; ignoring; not even looking at

1

love; affection

1

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

1

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

1

to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive

1

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank

2

skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery

1

to leave this world; to die

1

to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be

1

death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out

2

to be sad; to mourn for; to regret

1

to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

1

cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed

1

(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

1

older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella

1

to hesitate; to waver

1

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

3

pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after

1

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

1

short; brief

1

straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

1

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

1

impossible to do (although wants to)

1

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

2

to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

1

regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

1

to send or direct a person to

1