jpdb beta

school; sect; party

1

of no concern at all; no skin off my nose

2

serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow

1

auction

2

successful bid; winning a tender

5

(on) the same day

1

schedule; program; programme; agenda

2

your (his) mother

3

not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means

1

flood of customers; roaring business

1

to expedite; to encourage; to spur (on)

1

relation; connection

1

robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion

1

to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close

1

scolding; telling-off; rebuke; lecture

1

to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)

4

taking advantage of (a convenient situation)

2

one's physical safety; personal security

3

one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

2

to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)

1

absolutely (ought to); by all means; all; entirely

3

to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up

1

free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank

1

the very same person

1

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

3

having in mind; happening to know of; idea

2

to burn off

1

to cease; to stop; to be over

3

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

1

something; nothing (with neg. verb)

4

to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)

1

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

2

to get in touch with

2

overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty

1

alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal

1

assistance (in a fight); help; aid; helper; supporter

2

god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest

1

this, that and the other; this and that

1

stay; sojourn

2

to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest

2

watering (plants)

1

lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

3

perpetrator

2

to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)

1

hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt

1

absolute

1

(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation

1

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

2

just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally

1

independence from parents

1