jpdb beta

evasion; avoidance

7

obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)

4

poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful

5

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

3

really; truly

3

strategy; tactics

1

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on

1

mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

1

to happen to have on hand or in stock

3

Mr (junior); master; boy

10

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

12

cub

1

animal

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

4

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

4

(turned out) all right in the end

1

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

3

to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses

1

for better or worse; luckily or unluckily

1

being very good at; strongest point

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

3

to turn towards; to point

33

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

4

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

5

heartening; reassuring

2

to do so; to do thus

9

conflagration; fire

1

to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up

1

light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)

13

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

6

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

1

(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report

4

intermittent

2

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

13

answer respectively agreement or disagreement

1

to rise; to swell; to be promoted

3

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

4

lips

2

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

2

minimum; at the very least

1

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

4

leader; guide; mentor; coach

16

to lead someone around by the nose

2

with these words; while saying

4

to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

2

unexpected; unforeseen

1

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

1

adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

2

several people

3

only; sole; unique

7