jpdb beta

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

6

step-up; advance; progress; increase

1

proposal; offer; request; application

1

latest; newest; late-breaking (news)

3

shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try

1

gift of money (contained in an envelope); money reward (for services rendered)

1

thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow

10

to hand over; to surrender

1

envelope

3

physical

2

impression; strong belief; conviction

1

brown envelope; manila envelope

2

ball-point pen

1

handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn

1

pocket money

1

win; victory

2

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

2

to return a favor (favour); to repay

1

(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer

1

collaboration

1

close coverage (of an event, celebrity, etc.); close reporting; total coverage

3

report; paper; reportage

1

to be selected (from among many people)

1

popular figure; person in demand; favorite; favourite

1

to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular

1

feature (e.g. newspaper); special edition; report

4

one's private life

3

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

4

to take a picture

1

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

3

to be in a fit (of anger); to rage

1

nervous

1

interviewee; subject of an interview

2

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

2

maker; builder; creator; tenant farmer

2

opportunity to show one's abilities; time to show one's stuff; one's province

1

flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times

1

(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague

1

breakdown; rupture

4

with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

2

restoration; repair; mending

1

sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart

3

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

3

it's no joke; gimme a break!

6

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

4

manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work

5

serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

1

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

2

brand; bland

2