jpdb beta

crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray; difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement

2

that is to say; so that means

10

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

5

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

2

horsefly; gadfly

3

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

30

father

24

to storm in with a yell

1

hence; for that reason

9

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

22

injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss

4

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

24

to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

30

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

2

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

67

to intervene; to stop (something)

1

to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against

1

and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

51

control; check; restraint; inhibition

1

thick; deep; kind; cordial; serious (of an illness); abundant

3

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

6

glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (playing card suit)

9

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)

1

anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside

6

principal's office

9

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

3

school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress

20

once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

14

to rage; to rampage

1

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

22

calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility

1

somehow or other

1

to come to an agreement

2

at times; occasionally

12

looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy

1

approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

60

to weep one's eyes out

1

before long; even now

6

to fall flat; to collapse in a heap

1

quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

4

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

1

(medical) doctor; physician

4

only daughter

2

parents; both parents

12

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

7

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

4

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

10

she; her; girlfriend

1

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

2