jpdb beta

having not the slightest idea

1

(in) her way; peculiar to her

5

safe plan; infallible measure

1

humming a tune; humming unconcernedly

2

one year and a half

1

ecstasy; highest heaven

1

since when; from when; how long

7

cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine

20

striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around

2

relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation

1

kiss

3

to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight

3

word; remark; statement

5

stoutness; corpulence

4

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

5

to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of

4

order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations

2

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

6

autonomy; independence

1

placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)

1

patronage; protection

1

the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly

6

broad-minded

2

clandestine meeting

1

so much

1

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

6

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; (arch.) to enjoy the beauty of; (arch.) to appreciate; (arch.) to admire

1

indoor; inside the room

4

person being waited for; person who waits

1

loud voice

5

purchase; buy

2

pressure; oppression; suppression

5

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

10

small talk; chat; gossip

6

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

16

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

16

chatter; idle talk

1

mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day

1

unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

1

to shake one's head

8

intelligence operative; spy

1

to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing

3

just now; a little while back; a short time ago

1

hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)

1

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

6

with a light thud

3

to scan; to look over

1

to pay attention; to be watchful

6

clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)

2