jpdb beta

taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

1

juice; sap; soup; broth

1

just now; at this moment; at this point of time

2

groundwork; foundation; inclination; aptitude; undercoat; first coat

1

origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

1

connection; link; relationship

1

about the middle

1

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

1

therefore; consequently

1

the same kind; accomplice; partner

1

to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

2

suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression

2

that's so, however ...

1

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

3

three persons; three parties

1

to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread

1

chicken meat; reddish-brown chicken

1

old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home

3

to spread rumors; to spread rumours

5

one's possessions; ownership

1

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

2

the same age

1

way of talking; speaking style

2

closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts

1

relations; members of extended family

2

therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence

1

humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical

1

dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration

2

to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into

1

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

1

to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)

1

intentional; on purpose

1

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

1

whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

1

to be worried; to be troubled

2

clothes

1

dark green

1

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle

5

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

2

long and narrow

1

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

1

quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)

1

head; lead; vanguard; first

2

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

2

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

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