jpdb beta

bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling

1

heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

1

even

7

to break into a broad smile; to relax one's face into a smile

1

to say; to speak; to tell; to be called

11

childish; childlike; immature; infantile; puerile

3

evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity

1

easily; readily; with ease; without trouble

3

looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)

3

sober and honest

1

child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face

3

young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age

3

figure; body shape; build; somatotype; biotype; habitus

4

(not) even once; (not) ever

3

shock (emotional); shock (physical); impact; crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; (circulatory) shock

9

short (of a person)

3

if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say

2

modulation (of voice); variation; variety; liveliness (e.g. of writing style)

1

proportions (esp. body proportions); proportionate width; ratio

1

extreme; extremity

4

short stature

1

secret; private; surreptitious

1

complex; inferiority complex; complex (of buildings, facilities, etc.)

1

one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances

6

bluff; false show of power; bold front

1

customary; usual; common; ordinary; idiomatic

1

rhetoric

1

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

2

to press a question; to cross-examine

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

2

forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly

2

to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly

1

alma mater

1

really; truly

3

straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to glower at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully

1

quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...

3

business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs

4

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

3

high-pitched; shrill

4

older sister; lass; young lady

9

seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

4

row of cherry trees (lining a street)

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

4

straight line

2

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

2

state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances

9

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

1

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

3