jpdb beta

basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

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to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

4

to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)

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telephone number; phone number

3

to make a note (of); to take a note (of)

1

to become sulky; to become irresponsible (due to disgruntlement)

1

ability; skill; facility

2

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

1

hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no

1

neat and clean; tidy; trim

2

frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

2

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

1

extreme; extremity

1

wheedling child; spoiled child; pampered child; child who always demands attention

2

compatibility; coexistence; standing together; balancing (e.g. work and family)

1

psychologist

2

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

3

escape; evasion; flight

5

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed; to get close (e.g. to someone emotionally); to become intimate (with)

1

recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest

3

engagement; betrothal

3

adult; grown-up

6

overdependence (on others; usu. one's fosterers or seniors); lack of self-reliance; presumed acceptance (of one's behaviour); presumed benevolence; attention-seeking (behavior)

2

to do as one likes

2

sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)

1

reservation; putting on hold; deferment; withholding

2

to leave open

1

among (them); of (them)

2

to face each other; to be opposite (to)

1

previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance

5

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

1

to be in one's debt

1

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

4

to snarl (at each other); to growl (angrily); to quarrel; to fight; to argue

1

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

1

please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake

1

weakly; helplessly; weak; flimsy; easy to bend

1

lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring

2

you (plural); all of you; you all

4

of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant

1

mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp

2

this much; this amount

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

4

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

1

to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone

1

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

2

to have a chill run down one's spine

1

sincere; earnest; serious

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

1

to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)

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