jpdb beta

unproductive; counterproductive

1

1,000; thousand

5

polite; courteous; hospitable

1

curt; point-blank

1

simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work

1

completely; all the way; altogether; bodily

1

impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned

1

1000 sheets (of paper); many pages; book tripe; bible tripe; leaf tripe

1

counter for birds, rabbits, etc.

5

900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot

1

the reverse; other side; lining

2

felt-tip pen

1

scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing

1

note; memo; memorandum

1

to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive

1

inefficient

1

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

1

sense of beauty; aesthetic sense

3

patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon

1

alone; by oneself; on one's own

2

task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work

1

to relax one's mind; to feel relaxed; to become remiss; to cease paying careful attention

1

sense of accomplishment

1

young person; youth; young

2

girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

5

to disappear; to vanish

1

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

2

the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

2

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

2

crushing; squashing; crumpling; squishing; with a smash; with a crunch

1

to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

1

by (means of); with

2

I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

2

one set

1

visit; call

3

dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon

1

above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth

1

(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied

1

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

2

broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens

4

speech; expression; wording; language

1

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

1

have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to

1

assistance; support

1

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

4

in a sense; in some way; to an extent

1

worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness

1

ignorant of the ways of the world

1

gullible; naive

1

self-control; self-restraint

1