jpdb beta

very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best

1

to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

3

to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision

1

stairs; stairway; staircase

43

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

6

muscular

1

stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling

1

to pay attention; to be watchful

2

to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still

3

communicating in writing

1

to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted

2

spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge

1

temporary

1

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

6

twentieth day of the month; twenty days

1

ear drops (medicine); eardrops

4

as before; as ever; as it was originally

2

to cause someone to worry

3

idleness; lack of application; lazy study habits

1

high class; high grade; high rank; seniority

2

dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky

1

idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim

1

suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal

1

burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering

1

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

1

rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match

9

generous; unstinting

1

by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

8

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

3

invitation; introduction; temptation

1

tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

3

to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)

1

to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on

1

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

2

to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

2

well-informed person

1

wholesale

1

normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

10

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

3

pitch; tone; time; tempo; mood; tendency

7

incense

8

before long

2

to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)

1

to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies

3

evasion; avoidance

2

to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly

1

returning home

2

principal occupation; core business

1

to work hard; to work diligently

1