jpdb beta

connection; link; relationship

2

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for

6

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

3

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

8

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry

83

when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

10

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

11

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

15

well then ...; in that situation; in which case

27

reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

3

to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach

36

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

8

(an) only child

1

older sister; elder sister

7

(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season

5

mother

4

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

18

reason; pretext; motive

8

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

7

friend; companion

4

male-dominated society; patriarchal society

2

inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during

83

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

7

full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)

1

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

1

near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly

8

acquaintance

1

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

19

near oneself; close to one; familiar

2

to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

12

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

10

practice; practising; training; study

2

to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing

1

family; members of a family

3

assistant (esp. in show business or sumo); attendant; chaperon

1

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

6

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

2

rare; uncommon; not often seen

1

every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

14

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

1

adult; grown-up

7

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

16

(early) childhood

1

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

4

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

79

close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

2

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

2

sisters

11