jpdb beta

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

3

staying up all night

1

entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning

1

bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

1

since; henceforth

2

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

3

temper; disposition

1

usual state of things

2

to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve

1

to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff

1

to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed

1

we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual

1

to feel oneself indebted to

1

friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured

1

Executive Office of the President (USA, etc.)

13

to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist

1

nature; disposition

1

as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

1

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

2

ha ha ha (laughter)

1

lately; recently

1

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

frustration

1

secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)

4

well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!

1

honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances

1

dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty

2

dirt under one's fingernails; shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit

1

glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)

1

chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go

1

pace

2

rest after a meal

1

thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal

1

(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement

2

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding

1

middle management

1

worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion

1

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

1

a help; assistance

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

1

one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section

1

one hour

1

whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur

1

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass

2

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

8

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

2

certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

3

to make an enemy (of); to antagonize

2

secrecy; highly classified information

1