jpdb beta

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

3

condition; situation; prospects

1

reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)

1

clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire

1

to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)

1

to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)

2

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice; tap; click (e.g. of a retractable pen or mechanical pencil)

8

entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher

1

urgency; emergency

1

business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed

2

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

5

good news

3

cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up

3

later on; eventually; afterwards

3

to give directions; to issue instructions

6

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

1

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert; quarantine

3

mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly

1

to return; to come back

1

extra-large; king-size; highest (priority, urgency, etc)

1

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

5

joke; jest; gag

4

to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

1

to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

6

obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded

1

hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic

3

lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

1

cannot help (laughing, feeling sympathy, etc.); cannot hold back (tears, anger, etc.); cannot suppress

1

this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now

1

inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)

1

word; vocabulary

1

with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly

1

topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

1

just like that; quite so; I agree; that street

6

before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously

4

mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters

1

please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if

3

something; some kind of; for some reason

2

restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget

1

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

12

though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

1

to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to be captivated (by); to be infatuated (with)

1

confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

2

gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit

8

regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

1

to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

1

to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)

1

to grieve over; to mourn; to lament

1

ashtray

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