jpdb beta

to apologize; to apologise

4

pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance

1

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

1

casual; doing something without taking it too seriously

1

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

to increase; to multiply

2

to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under

1

to tumble down; to roll down

1

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

1

to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

2

self-protection

2

to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

1

second division; secondary division

13

group (usu. of people)

1

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

2

to meet; to assemble; to congregate

2

elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

2

easy; simple; plain

1

to go to prison; to serve a prison term; (lit.) to eat foul-smelling food

1

hope; wish; aspiration

5

well; now; then

1

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

2

capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

2

delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome

1

two parts; two copies; the second part

1

recommendation; referral; endorsement

2

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

2

English (language)

1

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

1

will not do; do not; does not

1

rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction

25

tonight; this evening

2

one's financial standing

1

feeling; mood

1

economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

1

stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving

1

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

1

justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation

2

occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom

2

to move (house); to change residence

1

auntie; older woman

2

you (plural)

5

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

3

since some time ago; for quite a while; already

1

person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head

4

treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay

2

new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)

2

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

1

disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient

1

sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship

1