jpdb beta

patient

1

to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

3

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance

2

repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback

9

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

3

to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life

1

who

1

slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness

4

elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy

2

conduct; behaviour; movements; gesture; performance (on stage, etc.); dance

1

to do

5

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

4

physical weariness; sense of fatigue; washed-out feeling

4

to straighten oneself

1

medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion; medicinal hot spring

1

thin rice gruel; rice water

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

6

to regurgitate

1

being very busy; busyness

1

not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether

2

I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow

14

rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)

1

same village; same town; same province

1

to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying

2

trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal

1

suitable; satisfactory; desirable

1

to accuse somebody; to charge someone

3

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

22

unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all

15

to drop; to let fall; to omit

1

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

8

five (long cylindrical things)

2

even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on

2

opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail

2

to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to

3

to sniff; to smell

5

behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

1

return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR

3

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

8

neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country

1

guts; bowels; intestines

2

if I (we, etc.) could

3

spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham

5

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

2

to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up

2

to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure

1

bow (salute, greeting)

6

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

2

recuperation; medical treatment

2

one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities

2