jpdb beta

older brother; elder brother

2

chair; stool; post; office; position

1

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

1

beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

1

hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)

1

to have the nerve to

2

to shout at

2

to be imaginable; to be conceivable

1

people

6

to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with

2

silent; mute; dumb

3

understood; I see; OK; present; here

1

to be boisterously noisy

2

to happen to pass by; to pass by

1

smile

2

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

1

opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy

1

little finger; pinky; little toe

1

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

1

-years-old

4

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

3

birthmark; nevus; bruise

1

to take a bath; to have a bath; to take a shower

1

belly; abdomen; stomach

1

young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age

2

to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

1

single room; own room

1

corner; nook; recess

1

to mope; to brood; to be in low spirits; to have the blues

1

to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)

1

the same age

3

older brother and younger sister

3

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

4

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

3

children

8

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

3

money

5

suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy

2

proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly

1

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

1

child

7

smiling face; smile

3

advanced level; high grade; senior

1

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

3

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

7

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

4

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

1

to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

11

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

1