jpdb beta

being repaired

1

assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)

1

preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard

1

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

2

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

3

to take a class

1

naturally; of course; understandably

1

to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

6

difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

3

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

1

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

1

to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

1

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

1

advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

1

first meeting; first interview with

2

full cooperation

1

provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant

3

cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)

6

bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects

1

to attract attention; to come into the limelight

1

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

16

side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)

4

passing through without stopping; passing by

1

slightly cloudy

1

cream (colour, color)

1

to fly in the air

2

to go too far

1

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

4

rapid-fire

4

time; pause; space; room

26

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

6

charge (electrical); recharging; charge (fee); topping up (a contactless smart card); recharging; refuelling; charge

1

condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)

2

to have a catch; to have an ulterior motive; to be more (to something)

2

frontage; width (of a building, plot of land, etc.); breadth (e.g. of one's knowledge); scope (e.g. of one's work); range

1

fast food

1

half-hearted reply; vague answer; reluctant answer

4

one house

3

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

8

France

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

thickly painted; thickly lacquered; impasto

1

mortar; plaster; stucco

1

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

5

sold-out

2

in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh

1

chalk; choke; chock

1

to like; to love; to be fond of

1

housing district; residential district

5

direct unforked road; straight path

5