jpdb beta

business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task

2

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

3

should do; ought to do

1

to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

1

example; precedent; case

1

to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that

1

to clap

2

area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

6

receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me

1

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter

1

lunch; midday meal

2

if; in case; supposing

1

with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life

1

cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous

1

indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate

1

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

1

optimism

1

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

1

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

5

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

2

departure

1

(physical) growth; development

1

to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

1

direct; frank; straightforward; decisive; prompt

1

sexual harassment

1

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory

1

early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker

1

700; seven hundred

1

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

2

unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene

1

pace

2

slender

1

to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration

1

cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps

1

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

1

racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles

1

boo-hoo; boo-hoo-hoo

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

to lean over; to lean in

1

collecting; gathering

4

basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage

2

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

1

the way one works; one's working manner

1

freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration

1

same trade; same business; same profession

1

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

4

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

1

information exchange

1

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

1

to push aside; to push one's way through

1