jpdb beta

service; duty; work

1

tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

1

main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith

2

premature; untimely (e.g. death); early

1

to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)

1

with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)

3

to hide oneself

2

bell (often a large hanging bell); chime

2

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

2

space (room, area, outer space)

1

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

1

once a year

1

fruit; nut; seed; (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.; content; substance

1

being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear

1

equipment; device; installation; stage setting

1

cutting one's nails at night (said to cause one to miss the deathbed of one's parents)

1

moment of death

1

cutting a fingernail (or toenail) to the quick; cutting a nail too close; deep-set nail; deep-set part of nail

1

expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)

2

conspiracy theory

1

staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk

2

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

4

to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)

1

warmly; cordially; with tender care

1

difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble

1

running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices

4

to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

1

minimum; lowest; minimal; least

2

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter

1

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

1

assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)

3

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

1

deadlock; stalemate

2

acquaintance

2

to be helpful; to be useful

1

(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks

2

leakage; omission; oversight; I; me

1

pathetic; sad; sorrowful; grievous

2

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

2

discord; antagonism

2

beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive

1

having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source

1

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

1

to be too numerous; to be too much

4

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way

1

to collect evidence

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relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

2