jpdb beta

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

3

speed

1

both (people)

3

several minutes; a few minutes

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

2

please

1

jest; joke; funny story

2

favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

1

slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)

1

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

2

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

3

disgrace; humiliation

1

gallant; dashing; jaunty

1

gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail

2

to run away; to run off

2

difficult to ...; hard to ...

4

hair's breadth

1

advice; warning

7

acquaintance

3

to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress

3

cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet

1

(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling

11

on a routine basis; regularly; habitually

3

to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink

2

once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning

1

to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much

1

thought; consideration; thinking

9

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

2

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

1

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

14

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

1

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

6

meeting; reception

1

some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot

2

as it was before

1

nature; property; disposition

1

seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be

2

to smile (at); to grin (at)

2

to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

3

only; merely; but; no more than

1

in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away

3

service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service

1

to pout

1

shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly

1

words of praise; eulogy; compliment

1

whereabout; about where; how much

2

to take hold of; to possess; to haunt

1

quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony

1