jpdb beta

practice; practising; experience

2

desperate

2

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

7

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

4

cultural

1

quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)

5

to take someone along; to be accompanied (by)

6

bombshell announcement (statement)

1

accidental resemblance

2

to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

1

section meeting

5

association of like-minded people

2

meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention

14

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

13

chair; chairman; chairperson; speaker (of an assembly); president (of a council, senate, etc.)

1

productive; constructive; meaningful

1

nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

5

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

13

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

27

to stop walking; to pause

24

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

40

furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

9

within a school

30

to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance

3

irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy

2

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

25

to read the situation; to sense the mood

3

you (plural)

12

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

6

How do you do?; I am glad to meet you

1

younger sister

43

sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head

11

lifelong separation

2

myself

6

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

5

(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

38

older sister; lass; young lady

17

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

3

to (do) like this

14

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

5

sweet and sour; bittersweet

4

prologue; preface

1

to burst into laughter

5

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

22

even

10

to be bewildered; to be perplexed

16

butterfly knife

1

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

8

of all things

1

bloodthirsty killer; cold-blooded murderer; homicidal maniac

2