jpdb beta

both parties; both sides

2

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

meaning; called; said

5

it's not like; it isn't as if

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

1

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

1

person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate

1

to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)

1

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

4

don't worry; there's no need to worry

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy

1

(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it

1

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

2

once more; again

3

thereupon; shortly thereafter

3

to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

2

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

2

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

8

to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree

2

to suspect

1

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

2

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

2

strange; curious; odd

1

unsurpassable; peerless; having no equal; outclassing (others)

1

such; like that; that sort of; very

3

coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment

3

November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar

1

first 10 days of month

2

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

3

in comparison to; rather than

6

it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

1

silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet

1

to come off; to slip down; to slip off

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

4

to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind

1

difference in temperature; difference in degrees of enthusiasm, interest, commitment, etc.

1

leaving work; clocking out

2

you could say; you might say; verging on the

1

to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

1

period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture

1

laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet

1

to shine; to glow; to look attractive; to look nice; to be set off (by)

1

fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies

2

to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

4

open; frank; liberal; open-minded

1

just right (time, size, length, etc.)

2