jpdb beta

seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

4

normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

3

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

5

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

2

called; known as; that; to say

3

self-sacrifice; self-renunciation

1

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

6

father

4

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least

2

ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is

6

absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

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growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

1

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

7

bath

2

to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include

5

diaper; nappy

1

to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

1

I; me

20

extremely; very; really; super; so

1

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

6

-ness; indicates assertion; come (on); come now; er; um; indicates scrutiny, critique or mistrust

24

childcare leave (taken after the compulsory childcare leave); maternity leave; paternity leave

1

to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

5

short course; training

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

3

had better ...; had better not ...

2

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

22

originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

2

capacity; volume; capacitance

1

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

1

man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

1

at the same time; at once; just as ...; the moment ...; (but) at the same time; as well as

2

plural; multiple; plural (number)

1

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

15

to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy

1

and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

16

what kind of; what sort of; what

2

meaning; significance; sense

3

remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?

2

Hawaiian (language)

2

miracle; wonder; marvel

4

Hawaii; Hawai'i

2

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

15

nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not

4

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

1

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

1

inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

1

Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker

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