jpdb beta

evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

1

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; anticipation; looking forward to

1

contrived; false-sounding

2

gesture; movement; action; acting; performance

1

strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness

2

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

2

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

4

super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than

1

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

1

mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect

1

to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

2

mushroom

1

to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

2

amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity

5

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

2

to hate; to dislike

1

to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)

1

(clenched) fist; knuckles

1

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

3

return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

2

to say; to speak; to tell; to talk

1

to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

1

deceitful; cruel

1

how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)

3

freshly budded bracken

1

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

1

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

5

master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee

1

contract; compact; agreement

1

to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly

1

just now; a moment ago; this very minute

2

to be helpful; to be useful

6

we

2

boss and his henchmen; boss and underlings

1

distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion

2

lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb

2

colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance

2

to change one's clothes

2

friend; acquaintance

1

introduction; presentation; referral; listing

2

to increase; to multiply

3

on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity

1

fox cub; little fox; small fox; juvenile fox

6

avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

2

feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely

1

heave-ho; hey!; you!

4

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

1

uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

6