jpdb beta

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

1

(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance

1

to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power

1

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

2

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

1

burn; scald

2

readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation

2

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

2

to begin talking; to open up

1

to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough

1

close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

2

sense of values; values; value system

2

to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

1

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

4

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

3

wisdom; intelligence; intellect

1

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

2

jealous; envious

1

to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

1

money; cash

1

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

1

incompetent; have no merit

1

national finance; central government finance

1

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

3

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

2

careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully

1

satisfactory; decent

1

carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently

1

to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone

1

superficial; half-hearted; shallow

1

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

7

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

2

with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)

1

to make (a person) pay for (something)

1

to rack one's brains

1

mother

12

sigh

1

drink; beverage

3

to taste; to try (food or drink)

1

to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle

1

intellectual

1

most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

2

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

1

to name; to call; to christen; to term

1

Romero

26

Argento

15

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about

1

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

4