jpdb beta

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

3

to become; to be

8

important post; important office; key position

1

to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence

1

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

4

to get; to obtain; to come by; to find

1

position; job; employment; opening

1

to poke; to push

1

to sniff out; to get wind of

1

wandering; roaming; drifting

3

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

2

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

5

what with this and that; for a number of reasons

3

before long; even now

3

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

4

to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)

1

to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous

1

piling up; multiple layers

1

middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe

2

shorter way; shortcut

2

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered

1

storefront; shopfront

1

sundries

2

to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor

3

to subsist; to keep on living

2

stretcher; litter; gurney

5

to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden

2

collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street

1

to stagger; to stumble

1

to fall off; to tumble down

1

to hang; to dangle

1

to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone

4

unlucky

1

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

4

lost property; something dropped and left behind; dropping something (without realising); losing something

1

not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

2

2nd day of the month; two days

1

after

1

villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant

1

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

1

(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy

3

difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

2

thereupon; shortly thereafter

1

(convalescent) rest

1

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

1

to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)

1

to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect

2

secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings

6

to hold fast; to protect to the end

1