jpdb beta

to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

8

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

4

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

5

birth; creation; formation

3

self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation

1

hopeless; irredeemable

1

extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool

1

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

8

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

2

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say

8

20 years old; (arch.) twenty

4

without exaggeration; truthful; factual

1

real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks

2

to become used to seeing; to be familiar with

4

to be tired of looking at

3

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

1

to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected

1

delightful; satisfying; gratifying; brisk; piquant

1

near oneself; close to one; familiar

3

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

13

that kind; competition; match

1

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

4

embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed

1

shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable

5

they

2

loveable; very likeable; like very much

3

to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

7

grudge; complaint; reproach

1

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)

4

roots

2

parallel; equal; match

1

megalomania; delusions of grandeur

1

to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

3

ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody

2

respect; esteem; regard

2

abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning

4

embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

2

freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)

1

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

6

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

2

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

4

awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

3

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

1

(starting) from nothing; from scratch

3

leading part; leading actor; leading actress

1

feeling; mood

7

heroine

1

mum; mom; mummy; the missus

1