jpdb beta

writing; composition; essay; sentence

1

biography; life story

3

to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered

1

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

1

charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage

1

consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance

1

descending a mountain; descent

1

cord; strap; thong; string (of a musical instrument, bow, etc.)

1

two or three days

1

and; as well as

1

to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

2

serious condition; critical condition

1

these days; nowadays; recently; lately

1

to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce

1

shirker; goof-off; goldbricker

1

(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow

1

disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss

2

vague; ambiguous; noncommittal; off-point

1

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

1

official in charge

2

continuation; continuance; going on; resuming

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one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point

2

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

the ... in question

3

companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

1

to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)

2

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

1

flight; running away; absconding; elopement

1

vagrancy; wandering; nomadism

1

labor; labour; work; Labour Party

1

engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in

1

gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester

1

infatuation (with a woman); obsessing (over a woman); losing one's head (over a woman)

1

pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living

1

to leave nothing undone; to do all in one's might; to do everything possible

1

relation; relationship

1

older; senior

1

(deeply) jealous

1

sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year

2

perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood

1

to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to be satisfied; to be sated; to be satiated

3

tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability

1

lifetime; one's whole life; all through life

1

satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable

2

cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible

1

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

1

always; constantly; at all times; habitually

1

to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

2

number of years

1