jpdb beta

gestures; gesturing

1

chair; stool; post; office; position

5

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

1

what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much

1

wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

1

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

1

how; in what way

1

wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds

1

to slip off

1

carnivore; carnivorous animal

2

non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy

1

to talk; to chat; to chatter

2

to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

1

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

2

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

3

boys and girls

1

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

2

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

1

foolish; stupid; silly

2

deed; act

5

adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

1

to feel as though ...

6

to complain; to make a complaint

1

audience; attendance; hearers

2

to put on airs; to assume importance

2

waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

2

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

2

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

3

to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with

1

and; thereupon; because of that

1

bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)

1

big man; large man; tall man; giant

1

large biceps; well-developed biceps

1

unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch

2

wind pressure

1

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear

1

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

2

(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

1

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

1

old woman

2

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

2

to step forward; to volunteer

1

to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance

1

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

1

snake; serpent; large snake

2

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

2

body; trunk; torso; hull (boat); fuselage (aircraft)

1

double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid

1

triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate

1