jpdb beta

being too late; losing one's final chance

2

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

2

to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped

1

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

2

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

4

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

9

grandmother

1

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

4

chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

1

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

2

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

2

fifth day of the month; five days

1

than; from; out of; except; but; more

1

second day of the month; two days

1

long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

2

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

1

again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

3

safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good

2

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

9

seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!

14

to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

2

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

1

somehow; for some reason or other

1

this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

3

time of death; one's final hour; one's end

1

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

1

moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet

4

10,000,000,000; ten billion

1

attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance

1

degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

1

cause; origin; source

2

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

2

to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

1

unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

1

this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence

17

so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already

6

second (unit of time); arc second

2

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

2

sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading

20

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

1

man

1

who

2

that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

6

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

1

behind one's back

1

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

1

(one's) life

5

tedious; boring; being fed up with

1