jpdb beta

experiment; experimentation

2

grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment

1

direction (of a play, film, etc.); production; organization (of an event); arrangement; staging (for effect)

1

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

1

not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

3

addict; junkie; substance abuser

1

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

1

not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke

3

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

2

originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

4

immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)

3

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

1

(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances

1

difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error

1

to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain

1

difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

1

gloomy and depressing; mournful

1

to fit in (snugly); to get stuck in; to get caught in; to get caught up in (a situation); to become deeply involved in; to get addicted to

1

age; years

2

to taper to a point; to become pointed; to be on edge; to be nervous; to be sharp (of a voice, words, etc.); to be harsh

2

audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level

1

not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

2

neat; trim; tidy; pretty

1

family

1

depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

6

mother

10

nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?

1

sunshade; window shade; awning; lamp shade

36

polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough

2

timid; faint of heart

1

tendency to become totally absorbed in something; monomania; perfectionism; susceptibility for a stiffening of the shoulders

1

results; record; grades; marks

1

polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful

2

older; senior

1

bow; bowing

1

feeling (much) obliged; being (very) grateful; feeling sorry (for troubling someone); feeling ashamed (e.g. of an error); (arch.) shrinking back in fear

2

(another's) parents

1

relation; connection; affinity

1

frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

1

being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark)

1

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

2

to moan; to groan

3

other people's affairs; someone else's problem

4

pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says

1

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort

1

to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet

1

to be powered on; to be turned on

1

handheld game console; portable game console

4

transsexual; gender swap (in fiction); genderswap; total station; tracking stock

16

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

1