jpdb beta

adult; grown-up

2

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

1

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

4

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

2

close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)

1

to have a relationship; to have relations

1

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

2

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

3

very much; very many; more and more

1

twice; again; second time

1

good

1

folding one's arms

2

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

3

paper

6

scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle

1

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

1

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

1

to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain

4

exactly as stated; verbatim

1

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

3

mere; only; just; slight

1

several lines (of text)

1

note; memo; memorandum

10

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

4

(fictional) character; character; personality; persona

1

profile

1

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

15

speed

1

portion; part; snapshot; glimpse

1

to finish reading; to read through

1

meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous

1

suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly

1

to pull out; to draw out; to disconnect; to steal contents of; to pilfer (from); to pickpocket

1

to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)

1

unexpected; unforeseen; strange

1

hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.

1

being worth doing

1

workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings

8

complete version

2

to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

1

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

2

thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab

1

weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending

1

construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

1

short time

1

to be impressed; to greatly admire

1

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

1

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

2