jpdb beta

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

8

back (of a chair)

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

2

to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

5

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

6

to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

3

easy to understand

2

to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)

3

moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing

2

your home; your family; their home; (my) home

1

rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

2

to begin to speak

3

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

10

to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

12

commoner; plebeian

5

and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not

8

main thread (of a story)

1

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

1

social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family

3

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

2

to enjoy (oneself)

8

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

3

we; us

7

to do so; to do thus

6

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

4

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

1

confectionery making

2

recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

2

to be

9

hysterical; hysteric

1

shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

4

from the viewpoint of; according to

1

affirmation; affirmative (logic)

1

easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply

1

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

1

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

1

particularly; especially; in particular; expressly

2

exchange of presents

1

welcoming honored guests (esp. from overseas)

1

dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness

1

status

1

long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop

1

sense of values; values; value system

2

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

4

business world; business circles; (the) industry

1

because; as; since

2

to be intricate; to be elaborate; to be complicated; to be complex

1

work (object) of art

1

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

5

feeling of happiness; sense of well-being; euphoria

1