jpdb beta

palm (of one's hand)

3

warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial

1

interest rate; interest

2

loan

2

black-market lending; illegal loan

2

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

1

to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict

1

elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student

1

company; corporation; workplace

1

indictment; prosecution; complaint

1

harassment; pestering

1

adverse circumstances; adversity

1

to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away

1

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

1

children

2

to toady; to be obsequious

1

to shout (in anger); to yell

2

let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect

1

loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

1

inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration

1

have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary

2

sense of loss; feeling of loss

1

to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

2

ideal; ideals

2

darkness; the dark

1

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

3

always; usually

1

to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

2

to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)

1

in one's own way or style

1

important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident

2

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

1

waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser

1

to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude

1

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

1

prison; penitentiary

2

rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival

1

an honest man; a good citizen

1

properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly

1

miscalculation

1

and so; therefore; for that reason

3

young lady (in ref. to a maid, etc.)

1

present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

1

grudge; complaint; reproach

1

university student; college student

1

customer; client; patron

1

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

1

to spread money around (e.g. to give, to loan, to invest, etc.)

1

investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry

1