jpdb beta

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

1

as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also

2

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

eagle (Accipitridae family)

1

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

1

ten years; decade

1

special; particular; peculiar; unique

1

ability; faculty

4

animal

8

fortune-telling; divination

5

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

2

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

1

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

2

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

1

while; during (the time when)

1

champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

1

to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)

1

please ...

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

1

to go out and away; to leave

1

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

2

grip

1

without; unless; have to do

2

(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake

1

manners; behavior; behaviour

2

song lyrics; words of a song; libretto

1

to be able to manage somehow or another

2

then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case

4

grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching

1

to start eating

1

to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner

8

chopsticks

1

chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension

1

to watch over; to watch attentively

1

to Google; to search for information on the WWW

1

to drink up; to drain (cup)

2

predation; eating prey; preying upon

1

end; close; termination

1

to breathe while sleeping

1

sleeping face

2

complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)

1

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

1

to some extent; to a certain extent

1

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

2

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

1

cowardly; timid; easily frightened

1

there is no way that ...; easy; simple

4

by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment

1

thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

2