jpdb beta

failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

1

to discuss; to talk together

1

rapid succession (e.g. questions)

3

brimming with curiosity

1

companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)

8

length of one's stay

1

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

2

power balance; balance of power

1

prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement

1

success; hit

2

to put a burden on; to tax (e.g. strength)

1

rattling; clattering

1

capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically

4

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

2

keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills

1

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

4

not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable

1

nature; disposition

2

bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

1

politics; government

1

fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute

1

to unfold; to unroll; to open

2

loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending

1

right of succession; right to the throne

1

to interrupt; to butt in

1

bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely

1

letter; note

1

to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat

1

impudent; shameless; brazen

1

Sorry to impose but ...; Excuse me but ...

1

please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

1

change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest

1

mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth

1

to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)

1

taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.

1

practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

2

one night; one evening; all night; overnight

1

darkness

1

3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma

1

the whole day; all the day

2

to get in touch with

2

format; procedure; way of proceeding

2

middle of the night; dead of night

1

sleep

2

that is to say; so that means

1

unexpected; unforeseen; accidental

1

to assist; to help out

1

laws of nature; physical laws; physics

1

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

3