jpdb beta

relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation

1

now; nowadays

2

miracle; wonder; marvel

4

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

4

addition; annexation; appendage

2

tiny; little; wee

4

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

2

hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker

2

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

3

even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on

1

fatal; lethal

1

pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over

1

company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)

1

to come to a settlement

1

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

3

question; question (mark)

1

answer

1

fuzzy

1

reply; answer

1

to speak frankly; to speak unreservedly; to open up to each other; to talk candidly; to speak by laying everything on the table; to talk straight from the gut

1

chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

8

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

3

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

1

to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated

2

notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)

1

note; memo; memorandum

1

clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)

2

eight o'clock

3

sleepy; drowsy

1

with a start; with a jump

1

to rub; to scrub; to scrape

1

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

1

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

5

midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year

1

cold wave

1

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

1

modifier

1

inside one's heart; in one's mind

2

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

3

fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends

1

(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

1

abatement; reduction

1

strength of a brushstroke

1

pencil sharpener

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

pencil

1

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

4

to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

2

stalker; stoker

3