jpdb beta

gold medal

1

business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy

1

day after day; every day

1

magazine

1

almost every day; almost daily

1

fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax

1

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

3

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

6

godparent; first person to give something its name

3

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

66

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

15

empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post

1

to sit down; to take a seat

1

honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly

6

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

11

purchasers; customer base; market (for a product)

1

direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

54

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

3

at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can

2

after that; afterwards; thereafter

7

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

2

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

1

serialization; serialisation; serial story

1

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

44

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

6

offender; criminal; culprit

13

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

10

relief; peace of mind

10

shoe store; shoe shop; shoemaker

4

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

8

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

16

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

10

principal occupation; core business

1

income; receipts; revenue

1

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

3

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

2

never ceasing; never ending; endless

2

the way back; the way home; return trip

1

radio

1

to inform; to report

2

to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)

2

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

19

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

4

to be silent; to say nothing

8

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

11

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

5

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

5

things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

40

to be surprised; to be astonished

18