jpdb beta

hmm; I see; hrm

4

Oh no; Oh dear

1

company president; manager; director

2

previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age

2

sorry; excuse me; thank you

1

seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop

1

to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided

1

suffix used to negate a verb in the non-past tense

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

5

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

2

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

6

main gate; main entrance

1

vegetable garden

1

dead tree; withered tree; leafless tree; bare tree

2

to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old

1

fallen tree

1

to step over or across; to overcome

1

branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue

2

(period of) one year

1

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

1

byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse

2

to shake one's head

1

to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

4

in a bad temper; cranky; crabby

1

leaving something where it is; abandoning something

1

erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary

1

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

2

(on one's) mind; heed

1

simply (cannot)

3

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

1

to have an interest (in)

3

curiosity; inquisitiveness

1

to run about trying to escape

1

crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly

1

ruin; destruction; fall

7

to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

2

to squash; to crush; to flatten

2

at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)

2

to lure; to invite out

1

attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack

3

laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger

1

to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord

1

to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff

1

good luck; fortune

3

origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive

7

curse; exorcism

2

great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

1

(starting) from nothing; from scratch

2

second coming; second advent

1

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

2