jpdb beta

licence; license; permit; certificate (of qualification)

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

3

lover; mistress

1

relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

1

locked room; secret room

1

number one; first; best; most; game; round

8

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

1

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

3

listening device; bug; wiretap

2

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

4

Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

13

good evening

3

agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)

1

going through; going via; going by way of

1

to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)

1

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

2

10,000,000,000; ten billion

2

approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure

1

person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

4

to gather; to collect; to assemble

2

to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)

2

once more; again

2

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

2

to speak; to say; to vocalize

1

inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)

2

lower rank

1

not worth considering; out of the question

2

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

2

to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)

10

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

4

I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice

2

promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

7

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

1

to lose one's life

1

quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to

1

painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding

6

to know (a person); to think

2

police; police officer; police station

4

if I (we, etc.) could

1

please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give

14

together (with); at the same time; in a lump

5

discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference

1

peace; harmony

2

in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)

2

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

7

to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

8

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

2

in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue

3

shriek; scream

1