jpdb beta

patting; stroking; caressing

2

doubling; marked increase; multiplying; redoubling

3

to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous

2

couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

4

to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded

4

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

this and that; one thing and another

1

lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork

2

dear (old); fondly remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic

4

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

4

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

3

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

2

Aeka

7

both (people); the two of them

4

tee-hee

1

staff room

1

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

2

excited; enthusiastic; high-tensile (e.g. steel); high-voltage (e.g. circuit); high-tension (e.g. current)

1

meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence

2

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)

3

photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie

3

many problems; various problems

1

fiance; fiancee

1

a few years later

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

4

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

4

denial; negation; negation; NOT operation

3

refreshing; clear

1

My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely

2

dining table

2

kitchen; financial situation; finances

8

conditioned reflex

1

each (person); everyone; individual; respective

4

division (distribution) of roles; role-sharing

1

to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete

1

malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty

1

mother-in-law

1

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

11

toothpick; skewer (used to cut and hold sweets served at a tea ceremony); toothbrush (orig. made from a thin willow branch frayed at one end)

1

to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)

2

rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs

3

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

1

to hold in one's mouth; to bring with; to take along

2

muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something

1

for use by children; for children

1

sweetness; sugary taste; sweets; dessert; cake

1

to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)

1

chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

1

admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

4

to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened

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