jpdb beta

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

8

couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

3

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

38

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

3

interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun

7

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

22

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

3

to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively

1

parroting back; repeating (something one was told) like a parrot

1

to repeat; to do something over again

8

after all; because; but; even; too; as well

29

noble; aristocrat; peer

35

to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

1

personal; individual; private

1

manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost

1

natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary

7

scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)

3

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

7

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

1

at first; initially; in the beginning

1

from now on; hereafter

15

training

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

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

8

faltering; hesitation

1

if it is the case that ...

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

35

high class; noble

7

spoon

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy

2

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

13

to that extent; to that degree; so much; so

11

to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

1

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

5

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

27

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from

3

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

7

only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)

3

paperwork

4

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

1

to show one's affection; to express one's love

1

to giggle

1

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

10

normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty

5

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

3

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated

20

to do so; to do thus

6

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

5

whispering; murmuring; subdued

3

stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

1