jpdb beta

penniless; broke

1

in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

1

to pretend

2

able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

5

as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

1

huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount

1

to pay

3

several people; a few people

2

to let someone have the credit for (a success); (lit.) to let someone else carry the flowers

1

temporary

1

abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)

1

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

1

to do

1

to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)

2

(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

1

to proceed though deadlocked; to be carried over (e.g. to next meeting); to go into a shootout (e.g. sport)

1

answer; solution

2

to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand

1

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

5

(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)

1

check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base

1

in the belly; in one's heart of hearts

2

self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally

1

window

1

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

4

one room

1

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

3

it seems that; as if

1

Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?

1

sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

1

glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)

1

(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)

1

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

5

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

1

adding; addition; extra

3

suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling

1

to triumph; to be elated with success

1

equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival

1

decoration; ornament; trimmings

1

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

2

to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty

1

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

2

unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

2

skyrocketing (prices)

1

money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; (lit.) even the verdict of hell is determined by money

1

intuitive

1

pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance

1