jpdb beta

both

1

smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious

1

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

1

labour shortage; labor shortage; shortage of workers; shortage of hands

2

to get; to obtain; to come by; to find

1

(raw) material

3

laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie

42

daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer

1

financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

1

skylight; head

1

slum quarters

3

fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion

2

future prospects; promise

1

what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry

1

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

1

construction; architecture (of buildings)

1

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

2

saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver

1

a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon

1

to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future

1

to begin (doing); to start (doing)

2

straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied

2

lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

1

early rising

1

embarrassing; awkward

1

to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK

2

to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil

1

to hold in one's mouth (without biting, before chewing or swallowing, etc.)

1

to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of

5

eating with one's fingers; snitching food; snatched food; embezzlement; misappropriation; flirting

1

Paik

1

to hold in one's mouth

1

bold; daring; audacious

2

thumping (heart); banging; pounding; racing

1

to watch steadily; to stare

5

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

3

unanimity

1

stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling

4

neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood

1

depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)

1

intimate; close

2

snake; serpent; large snake

1

indigo blue

1

jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket

1

above; more than

2

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

1

to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

1

jumping to a wrong conclusion

1

His Majesty the King

10

to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

2