jpdb beta

complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression

1

opening ceremony (of the school term)

3

ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony

1

singing in unison; chanting in unison

1

furthermore; even more

2

school entrance ceremony

1

graduation ceremony; commencement

1

choral competition

1

meeting; assembly; gathering; congregation; convention; rally

1

many; a multiplicity of

1

to begrudge doing; to find bothersome

1

declaration; statement

1

certainly; surely

1

taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation

1

where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

3

stakes; bet

2

victory or defeat; outcome (of a game, battle, etc.)

1

not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)

1

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

4

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

6

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

1

to drain; to pour; to float (e.g. logs down a river); to set adrift; to wash away; to carry away; to broadcast

3

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

1

automatic; intransitive verb

2

trial; test; try

1

player (of music, instrument, etc.)

1

far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)

9

concert band (as a school activity); wind ensemble

2

tuba

1

individual; private person; personal; natural person

1

sleepy; drowsy

5

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

1

school gate

4

awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour

1

robotic arm; manipulator

1

operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release

1

to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back

1

idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning

2

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

6

to be in high spirits

1

other side; opposite side; other party

6

bar; measure; short pause (in writing); petty principles; minor details

10

from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first

2

to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish

2

execution; death by execution

1

musician

1

swan song

1

broken chord; arpeggio

2

snow; snowfall

2

to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread

4