jpdb beta

(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge

2

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)

5

secret; secrecy

1

torture

1

to antagonize; to provoke antipathy

1

limit; bound

2

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

1

to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained

2

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

6

shadow; tail; following

2

"gentleman" who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her

1

to clap

1

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

10

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

1

affixing; pasting; sticking

1

one's own room

1

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

3

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

2

feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles

1

brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot

3

that's so, however ...

3

details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view

3

please (give me); please (do for me)

16

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

1

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

1

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

3

intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly

2

to put on airs; to assume importance

2

soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly

1

back (of a chair)

1

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

1

to make an appeal; to urge

1

people; citizens; subjects; folk

8

to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth

1

beautiful woman

4

identically; in the (exact) same way; similarly

1

to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)

1

to swim

1

background (of a case, incident, etc.)

1

unfortunately; sorry, but ...

2

truth; real situation

1

investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts)

1

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

3

to punish; to penalize; to penalise

1

fainting; swooning

1

intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum

2

playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together

1

hereabouts; around here

1

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

1

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

3