jpdb beta

to feel sick; to be nauseated

2

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

1

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

4

fifty; 50

6

dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

4

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

4

usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally

6

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

1

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

6

roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique

1

hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously

1

nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be

1

pride; boast

3

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

2

home cooking

1

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

1

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

4

to complete decisively; to do to completion

1

year end

3

in the morning; during the morning

6

suddenly; all of a sudden

2

window cleaning

1

stable period (with ref. to pregnancy, typically from 4th month when the placenta is fully formed, morning sickness usually goes away and risk of miscarriage decreases)

1

pregnant woman

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up

1

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

9

major cleanup; spring cleaning

1

's house; 's home

1

to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open

1

not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)

1

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

1

site; plot; lot; grounds

6

interruption; suspension; break

1

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery

2

(a) glance; (a) look

1

acting; performance

2

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

1

homecoming; returning home

2

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

13

(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

3

(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous

2

rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

6

to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited

1

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

3

dawn

2

this and that; one thing or another

2

impossible; unlikely; improbable

2