jpdb beta

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

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to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge

1

employee; employment

1

hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight

1

asking price

1

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

2

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

be; is

3

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

1

various

4

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

3

subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable

1

spy; emissary

2

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

1

tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

1

hot topic; talk of the town

1

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

1

to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly

1

harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result

1

confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself

1

to be collected; to be gathered (e.g. mushrooms, etc.); to be harvested; to be able to collect; to be able to mine

1

look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

1

wharf; bridge; jetty; pier

2

stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump

1

gallant; dashing; jaunty

1

touch; contact

3

negotiations; discussions; connection

2

ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman

3

in great numbers

1

refusal; rejection

1

vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

1

to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw

1

trend; tendency; movement; attitude

1

weather

1

anchorage; anchoring; mooring

1

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

1

free trade

2

load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

1

take the opportunity to (do something else)

1

land route; overland route; by land; overland

1

to look old; to get old

1

under the eaves

2

to run around

1

self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

1

sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness

1

to torment; to torture; to harass

1

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

2

before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

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end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

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