jpdb beta

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

3

malicious; deliberately mean

1

murmur; mutter; murmuring; tweet; Twitter post

1

the late; the deceased

1

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

1

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

1

mosquito

1

kern; Kahn

2

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

2

disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry

1

criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender

1

imprisonment

1

badger game; scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail

1

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

1

another (person); the other person; one more (person)

1

putting off; postponing

1

treatment (of a person); dealing with

1

to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve

1

falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)

1

report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing

1

disciplinary dismissal (discharge)

2

valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable

1

meritocracy; merit system

1

decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay

3

hotbed; breeding ground

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

dismissal; sacking; discharge

2

suspension from office

1

admonition; warning; caution

1

by (means of); with

4

overtime (work)

1

returning (to the authorities); restoring

3

refrain

1

disinheritance; disowning

2

(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)

1

person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

3

pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply

1

amassing of wealth

1

ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave

1

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

2

shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

1

cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

1

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

3

great happiness

1

courage; nerve; grit

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

3

ex-wife; former wife

2

upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere

2

goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

1

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

1