jpdb beta

wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain

1

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

18

foul; breaking the rules; violation (of the law, regulations, etc.); infringement; breach

1

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

1

to go to meet (someone); to go to pick up

1

shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation

5

to remind (someone of something); to call (someone's) attention (to); to tell (someone) again (to make sure); to make (doubly) sure (of); to emphasize; to reconfirm

2

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

1

that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?

1

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

2

clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.

15

great haste; mad rush

1

spell; charm; incantation; magic words

1

going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)

1

one-by-one; separately; in detail

1

to push aside; to push one's way through

1

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior

1

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

2

about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip

3

to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project

1

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

1

date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)

4

to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour

1

a few minutes later; after a few minutes

1

to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath

1

to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

1

to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)

1

to get one's breath back; to calm down

1

firmly; solidly; heartily

2

index finger; forefinger; first (occ. second) finger; second toe

1

well done; good job

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

4

shy person

2

to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

4

to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together

1

to grow timid; to cower; to become perverse; to become contrary; to be cramped; to be constrained

1

to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby

1

necessity; need

1

young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)

1

younger sister

1

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

1

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

1

that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case

1

be; is

1

reading too much into (a statement, etc.)

1

to give directions; to issue instructions

1

to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

3