jpdb beta

lacking a plan; haphazard

1

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

2

cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

1

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

2

kind deed; (a) kindness; helping others; helping someone

1

hurt; injured

1

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

9

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

1

to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly

3

child; children

2

abandoned cat; stray cat

1

claimant; caretaker

1

to run around

1

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

1

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

2

feeling; mood

1

to point upward; to look upward; to improve

1

here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

1

to run around; to bustle about

1

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

1

half and half; fifty-fifty

1

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

4

to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

2

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

2

to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize

2

present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era

1

girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

4

happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately

4

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

3

shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early

1

measurement error; calculation error; discrepancy; deviation; difference

1

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

9

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

4

you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

1

degree of freedom

2

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

5

beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously

2

to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

1

round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

1

large-scale

2

to (an extent); up to; there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...; even if there is no need to ... (at least ...)

1

opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse

2

trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance

3

to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)

1

handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate

1

war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

2

trying one's ability

3