jpdb beta

to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off

1

favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

1

person of doubtful origin

1

to employ; to hire; to charter

5

nothing but; none other than

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so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why

2

appointing to a responsible post; making much of

1

able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

2

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

2

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

3

to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

4

sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)

1

treating someone like a child

1

one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother

1

motherhood; maternity

1

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

4

(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever

1

wrist

6

to return evil for good; to return a favour with spite (favor)

1

I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)

1

to get; to be given

1

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

1

money; metal

25

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

9

to expend money; to spend money

1

longing for others; wanting company

1

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

14

to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

3

useless; vain; aimless; idle

1

to enjoy (oneself)

5

top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet

1

toes; tips of the toes; toe of a shoe, sock, etc.

1

complete change; about-face

1

to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily

2

any number of times

1

to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately

1

without accident; uneventfully; without ...

1

corridor; hallway; passageway

5

guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)

1

to go past; to pass; to pass by

5

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

2

to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited

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candle

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how long; how much; to what extent

6

to burn; to get fired up

8

to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

2

to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)

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to heat; to heat up

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fuel

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