jpdb beta

small cinema; arthouse cinema

1

audience; spectator; spectators

1

horse laugh; guffaw; wild laughter

1

in all directions

1

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

9

aunt; old lady; ma'am

1

both sides

1

to wait upon; to serve

1

even if; even though; however; no matter how

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

2

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

2

place; room; margin; scope

1

person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate

1

training

1

flood plain; river terrace; riverside area; area between river and river bank

1

(public) park

1

so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much

1

to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

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unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously

2

floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)

2

back (of a chair)

1

to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)

1

phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

2

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

1

clunk; thump

1

to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

1

sideboard

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

1

a few years ago; some years back

3

to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely

1

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

3

bell; bel; B

1

(telephone) extension; additional telephone handset; portable handset; cordless telephone

1

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)

2

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

2

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

2

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

2

reluctantly; unwillingly

1

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

1

accurate; correct; precise; exact

3

extra-sensory perception; ESP; psi; psychokinesis; PK

3

ridiculous; odd

3

entering a faith; joining a religion

1

to hang up; to end a telephone conversation

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excuse; pretext

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to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

2

email address

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text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

1