jpdb beta

flower arrangement

11

reading (books)

1

magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view

1

precedent

2

is it not so?

2

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

49

television station

1

news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview

3

no need to guess; certainly

4

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

4

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

54

division of labor; division of labour; specialization; specialisation; assembly-line production

1

means; is; as for

26

in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

13

handyman; utility man; odd-job man

1

heartening; reassuring

4

busy (phone)

1

exhibition

1

art club

5

to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

4

blindly following others

2

to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big

13

tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly

11

healing; soothing; therapy; comfort; solace

2

call; hail; yell

3

to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action

12

to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to

3

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

12

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

5

face value; par

2

to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic

5

to look away; to turn away

3

to think, feel, consider, know, etc.

2

to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

10

laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet

10

to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

2

depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...

1

to be

26

to complain; to lodge a complaint

1

playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp

1

taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness

3

to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

23

previous remarks

1

withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal

2

this world; this life; world of the living

22

mother

27

father

12

shyness

10

to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

3

to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip

6