jpdb beta

happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

16

you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure

1

uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

1

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

5

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

2

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

2

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

6

only; just; (ever) since; after; continuously; remaining (in a particular state)

1

in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...

4

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way

1

to be sensible; to be smart; to be tasteful; to be thoughtful; to be tactful; to be sensitive

1

of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

1

ornament; decorative object; figurehead; leader without real power

1

cough; ahem

1

unnatural; affected; studied; forced

1

clearing one's throat; cough

2

inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)

7

imperial soldier

2

to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit

3

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

3

to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated

2

within ...; inside ...

3

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

9

to suspect

3

number; series of digits

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

2

to profit; to benefit (from); to benefit (someone or something); to be beneficial to; to make good use of; to take advantage of

2

identification papers; ID

1

presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not

1

personal information

1

tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well

10

around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing

2

developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)

1

to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

11

to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

1

military affairs

1

when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

2

learning by ear; memory of having heard something before

2

is that so?

6

special someone; special person; precious one; significant other

1

to arrange (flowers); to plant

1

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

3

red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist

1

to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

1

heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

3

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

1

hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar

1

according to (someone)

2