jpdb beta

to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt

1

preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving

13

to look forward to something

1

engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in

1

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

5

being fond of children; person fond of children

1

orphanage

3

call; visit

2

political tone; political flavour (flavor)

1

playing in the mud; playing with mud

1

brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)

1

to forget to say; to forget to mention

1

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

2

to shrug one's shoulders

3

(a) glance; (a) look

4

joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)

3

accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer

1

to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

1

self-abasement; humility; self-depreciation

1

looking like a ...; acting as if a ...

1

plump

1

one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

1

payment

1

order; observance; discipline; rules; law; regulations

1

elite; best; pick; cream of the crop

3

dumbfounded; in mute amazement

1

in succession; one after another

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

2

playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal

3

sporadic

2

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

4

random; random sampling

2

on the occasion of; at the time of

2

chain of command

4

making efficient; optimization

1

(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling

1

splash; plop

1

to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over

2

instinct

1

ah; oh; hey!

5

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

1

to seize power

2

powerful person; influential person

1

fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

1

sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible

4

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

2

to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)

1

pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

1

awe; fear; dread; fright

2

the other day; a few days ago

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