jpdb beta

job; work; duties; trade; skill

4

nasal mucus; dripping nose; snot

1

dripping; trickling; drop by drop; (arch.) (moving) slowly

1

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

3

all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation

1

to listen attentively to; to be lost in

2

ill-mannered; rude

1

(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman

9

(smile) broadly

1

contagious disease; communicable disease; transmissible disease; infectious disease; epidemic

1

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

4

to crush (with the weight of misfortune)

1

to kneel

7

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

2

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

to employ; to hire; to charter

4

to pay

4

holiday; day off

1

shiveringly

1

to drive a bargain; to beat down the price; to haggle

1

to stop crying; to cry oneself out

2

to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin

1

adaptation; accommodation; conformity

1

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

3

(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing

1

serious look (on one's face); straight face

4

lord; master

1

to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth

1

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

1

dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard

2

narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped

1

old man; old geezer

1

awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect

1

to give a little chuckle; to let out a giggle

1

to square one's shoulders

1

to be scared

2

your husband; her husband

3

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

1

to take care of

1

grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen

4

to weep bitterly; to suddenly grow dark

1

next

2

first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes

1

preparation; arrangements

1

to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

2

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

2

supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack

1

thank you very much

1

with hesitation; haltingly; falteringly; reluctantly

1

sense of humor; sense of humour

1