jpdb beta

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

5

3rd day of the month; three days

3

funeral

3

helper; assistant; help; assistance

1

to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around

1

to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

1

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

1

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

4

Saturday

2

one hour

8

sentence structure; grammatical construction; syntax

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

2

bending; curving; warping (of feelings, logic, etc.); distortion; refraction; inflection

1

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

4

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out

3

office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs

1

blackboard

2

example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence

2

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

2

English teacher

1

chalk; choke (hold); choke (of an engine)

4

clerk; office worker; office staff

3

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

6

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

14

coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay

2

to leave behind; to put off; to postpone

6

classmate

2

while in class

1

impossible to do (although wants to)

1

please

2

doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness

9

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

1

yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh

1

noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)

1

somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why

4

really; truly

7

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

8

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

1

to clap

1

look, look!

1

lesson; class; teaching; instruction; classwork; schoolwork

5

pupil; student; schoolchild

8

to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell

1

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

2

slipper; slippers

1

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

3

(sound of) footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching

2

corridor; hallway; passageway

1

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

1

vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit

1