jpdb beta

intimacy; affection; familiarity

1

boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque

2

boy; juvenile; child

31

to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound

1

earnest; single-minded

1

to have (something) innate; to be born with

1

innate ability; innate talent; natural gift

1

decline; fall; decay; withering

1

to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up

1

to bite into; to sink one's teeth into; to stick to; to cling to; to hold on to

2

to be able to eat; to be able to swallow

4

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

3

longed-for; anxiously awaited

1

to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped

2

shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop

1

weather forecast; weather report

2

to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

1

blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe

7

mountain range; mountain belt

2

one end; an end; part; fragment

1

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

1

to be hazy; to be misty

1

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

5

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

4

to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)

1

halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

7

to slide down; to slip down

3

goggles

4

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

4

bashfully; hesitantly; fidgety; restlessly; squirming; wriggling

4

apologetic

2

to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep

4

never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

3

snowboard; snowboarding

6

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

considerably; greatly; a lot

1

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

1

the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it; you can't tell unless you try

1

intermediate level

1

course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy

12

to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to retort; to quickly turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction; to cut the wheel

1

forest; woods

2

trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance

2

doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion

2

to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

luckily

1

tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)

5

branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray

2

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

3