jpdb beta

hard struggle; strenuous effort

2

as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")

3

post; official position; managerial position; executive position

1

above the clouds; heaven; the Imperial Court; something unreachable; place of out of reach

3

severe; strict; tough; hard

1

to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

6

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

2

feigned; pretending (not to know)

1

salvation

1

(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as

1

doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

1

(period of) one year

13

treasure; treasured item; prized possession

4

having an immediate effect; taking immediate effect

1

family; relatives; dependents; household

1

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

2

only; nothing but

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

1

easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)

1

to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)

1

keeping oneself awake; fighting off drowsiness; method for keeping oneself awake

1

I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason

4

swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply

1

to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect

1

ridiculous; odd

3

odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...

2

have a pain in one's chest

1

breakfast

3

extreme; extremity

2

to go to extremes; to go to excess; to go too far

1

arriving at work late as if one were an executive; (lit.) management attendance at work

1

cleaning floors

1

passing mark; qualifying marks (score)

1

daily routine; daily work; daily lesson

1

sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable

1

lack of sleep; insufficient sleep

2

chatting; idle talk

2

golf

4

discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon

1

the early bird gets the worm

1

weeding; weeder; weeding fork

2

picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

3

word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase

1

unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable

1

camera

2

to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)

1

to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter

1