jpdb beta

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

1

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

20

to take one's eyes off

1

yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's

6

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

4

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

23

ouch!

1

mother

1

in that way; thus; so; so?

7

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

24

to master something (through personal experience)

1

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

1

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

17

look!; look out!; hey!; look at me!; there you are!

3

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

12

adds force or indicates command

7

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

3

slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

1

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

31

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

5

cheerfully; buoyantly; happily; in high spirits

1

seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

1

don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...

21

like that; so

1

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

1

midsummer feast; summer solstice celebration; St John's day

4

so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

9

festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

12

hereabouts; around here

1

then; well; so; be; is

3

(around the) neck; nape; collar (at the front)

1

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

75

to open (e.g. one's robe); to bare (e.g. one's chest); to open up (of clothing); to be exposed; (arch.) to open wide (one's legs, eyes, mouth, etc.); (arch.) to stretch

1

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

1

at; in; at; when; by; with; and then

24

until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to

3

the number of days; date

1

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)

59

to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

7

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

14

to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

13

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

2

-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

8

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

3

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

2

people

1

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

1

big; large; great

1

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

1