jpdb beta

failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop

1

bet; wager; stake; gamble

1

whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt

1

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

1

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

1

appropriate time to do (something); occasion when (something) must be done

1

step by step; by degrees

1

achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution

1

to manage something successfully; to be successful

1

that's right; yes; uh-huh

1

to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with

1

roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly

1

greasy; fatty; oily

1

award for distinguished service

1

(one's) late mother

1

face; looks; vestiges; trace

2

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

mother; mom; mum; wife

45

to paint (draw) a picture

1

to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

1

hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd

1

third day of the month; three days

1

after

2

one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity

1

to play for time; to use delaying tactics

2

insufficient; inadequate; imperfect

1

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

1

this month

1

personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance

1

par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity

1

to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

1

mum; mom; mummy; the missus

1

son; penis

1

difficult

1

diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth

1

as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for

1

ho-ho

1

lifting (a child) high up in the air

1

to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

1

to be injured; to sustain a wound

1

to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

1

to have in one's dreams

1

world; society; people; the public

1

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

1

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

1

the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

1

to take the initiative

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to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot

1

prayer; supplication

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to keep a promise; to keep one's word

2