jpdb beta

using one's fingers as a comb; combing one's hand through one's hair

1

to arrange one's hair; to tidy up one's hair

1

complete stranger; total stranger

1

friend; acquaintance

1

immature; childish

1

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

3

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

2

to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought

1

hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching

1

realistic; pragmatic

5

to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)

1

bull's-eye; the mark

3

break; pause; halt; (temporary) stop

1

I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)

8

just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

6

putting off; postponing

4

to continue to do; to persist in doing

1

to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated

1

the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)

3

since a little while ago

1

to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult

1

to happen to hear; to overhear

1

authenticity; credibility

1

to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down

1

to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)

2

to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back

1

to say too much; to go too far

1

progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

1

lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth

2

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

12

proper; respectable; decent; honest

4

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to know a little bit about; to learn a little of

1

nature; natural constitution; innate disposition

2

to polish up; to shine up

1

or; or else

4

seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

2

that kind; competition; match

2

to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; to find someone's fault; to get evidence on someone; to get a lead on someone

1

soft; weak; fragile; poorly built; insubstantial

3

uncertain; indefinite

1

to worry (about); to be concerned (about); to have trouble doing ...; to struggle to ...

1

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

4

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

3

to get goosebumps; to be deeply moved (so that one gets goosebumps); to get chills; to feel shivers

7

Dita

71

dead of night; midnight

2

secret meeting; clandestine meeting

1

silk floss; silk wadding

1

to stop (plug) one's ears

3

to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance

1