jpdb beta

director of a hospital

4

valley

4

carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion

1

lecturer

4

to vie with one's opponent

1

selection; choice; choosing; picking; election

1

narrow margin; slim margin

1

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

1

difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying

1

social standing

1

to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

2

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing

1

recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination

3

short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole

1

gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic

1

I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference

2

years later

3

promotion; advancement; rising in rank

2

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

1

(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age

2

to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

4

pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person

1

to use a stopgap measure to cope with an emergency

1

normal value; normal level

1

to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

2

ultrasound examination

1

to be mistaken for; to be confused with

1

-less; lacking; non-existing

3

metastatic lesion

1

hepatic artery

2

catheter

1

detention (usu. during investigation); imprisonment; poundage; custody

1

subcutaneous

6

to bury; to embed; to implant

1

anticancer drug; anticancer agent

5

the very best; utmost

3

younger days; youth

1

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

5

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

3

-like

1

work; business; company; study

1

to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)

3

to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

1

working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits

1

successor; replacement; second wife

2

most likely contender; prime candidate; top prospect; leading candidate

2

to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

6

double suicide; lovers' suicide

1

(many) years; long-standing (esp. hatred, grudge); ancient

2

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

1