jpdb beta

in a positive sense of the word; in the best sense of the word; in a good way

2

sincere; earnest; serious

1

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

5

consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

1

being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation

4

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

1

to cheer; to jeer; to mock

1

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

1

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

5

isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

4

piano

6

sonata

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

3

good boy; good girl

3

to smoke a cigarette

1

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

1

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

1

overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

1

was

5

thoughts; thinking

1

looks; features

2

attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat

1

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

2

choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy

1

alarm bell

1

to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on

1

fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe

2

shivering; trembling

14

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

1

earnest; single-minded

2

extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary

1

spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); painful

1

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

4

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

4

any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away

1

to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away

2

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

3

sadness; sorrow; grief

5

present; gift; to give a present or gift

3

to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)

1

March; third month of the lunar calendar

1

clear; precise; definite; distinct

2

refusal; rejection

4

advance warning; previous notice; announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner

2

to cut into chunks; to chop into lumps

1

the end

1

reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)

1

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

2

bright; cheerful

1