jpdb beta

to win; to gain victory

28

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

1

to kill time

1

leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

1

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

energy; vigour; vigor; liveliness; spirit; life

1

opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

1

heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

1

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

1

to remove; to eliminate

1

to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of

3

opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items

2

number; series of digits

2

request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

1

deep distress

1

busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)

1

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

4

to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by

1

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

3

in tatters; in pieces; wiped out

1

beast; brute; animal

2

bathroom

6

muffled voice

1

unintentionally; inadvertently; calmly; casually; nonchalantly; innocently

1

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

1

jealousy; envy

4

to find fault with; to question

1

indicates question

15

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

9

to be deep in talk

1

visitor; caller

7

debt collection; debt collector

2

certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

2

to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)

1

peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window

1

too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at

1

raincoat

4

to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to dress up (esp. in formal clothes); to attire oneself (in); to break in (through repeated wearing); to wear in

1

notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)

2

to look downwards; to lower one's eyes

3

to fiddle with; to monkey around with

1

both sides

5

thickly; densely; luxuriantly

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

3

line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

8

hello; good day; good afternoon

2

Chun; Coon; Kuhn; Kune

5

firm; company

4