jpdb beta

eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

1

childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate

1

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

2

slum quarters

2

to the end; to the last

2

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

1

relation; relationship

1

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

2

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised

1

copybook; model; pattern

1

it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

1

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

2

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

1

personal connections

1

getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke

2

working away from home

1

evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance

1

just one person; only one

1

to take care of

1

the very thing; itself

5

coal

2

oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin

2

winter

4

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

2

when it becomes; when it comes to

2

every year; yearly; annually

1

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

7

to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

1

physical condition; state of health

2

maintenance; preservation; improvement

1

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

1

after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means

2

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious

1

seeming very

2

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

2

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

1

in the same way as; just like

1

to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder

1

to end one's life; to end one's days; to die

1

brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded

1

the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

1

detestable; abhorrent; loathsome

1

intoxication; being carried away by; being enraptured by

1

to keep away; to keep at a distance

1

simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty

1

staying behind; remaining; residual

2

to pilfer; to filch; to swipe

2