jpdb beta

sound; noise; (musical) note; fame

1

reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery genre; detective genre

1

landlord; landlady

1

work; operation; task

2

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

3

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

someone; somebody

7

how; in what way; how about; questionable

1

surely; certainly

1

so; therefore; and; (and) then

5

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

2

murder; homicide; manslaughter

1

robber

1

be; is

1

to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

4

before it happens; beforehand

1

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

2

crime; offence; offense

2

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

1

possible; conceivable; likely; probable

3

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

1

existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

1

to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

1

before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously

1

chemical fertilizer; chemical fertiliser

1

management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting

2

mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

1

system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type

1

command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)

1

husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)

1

to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in

1

to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do

1

if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so

3

idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning

3

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

1

as (someone) says

1

bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel

1

in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

1

how; in what way; by what means

1

bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person

3

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

2

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

2

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

2

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

1

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

1

to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

one week

2