jpdb beta

rich person

4

to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home

1

favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

1

reward; honorarium; remuneration

1

if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side

1

connection; pull

1

calculation; self-interest; selfishness

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

1

scarce; rare

1

maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast

1

collector's item

1

treatment; service; handling; management

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

21

I see; that's right; indeed

1

handful; small amount; small number

1

presence; sitting with; being with

1

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

1

to have an eye on; to zero in on

1

details (of an incident, event, etc.); whole story; course of events; facts; circumstances; particulars

1

novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic

2

I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...

2

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

1

to correct oneself; to restate

2

like it or not; like or not like

1

to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with

1

to hesitate to say

3

older sister; elder sister

3

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

2

elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself

1

rearview mirror

1

plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious

1

explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling

1

first-hand account

1

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry

1

fiction

1

blue eyes

1

beautiful woman

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

1

to stare back (at); to glare back

1

all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden

1

loud voice

4

to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback

2

to escape

4

to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained

1

parents; both parents

2

trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering

2

convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit

1

liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

1

together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)

1

to crack jokes

1