jpdb beta

big corporation; major firm; leading company

1

to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

1

leaving school during a term

1

talent; ability

10

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

1

to court; to woo; to approach defiantly

1

to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

1

something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts

1

this much; this amount

2

long ago; already; a long time ago

1

nth period (e.g. nth class in school day)

1

New York

8

aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

1

fortunately; luckily; thankfully

2

leaving hospital; discharge from hospital

29

privately; with outsiders barred; en famille

1

daddy's girl; daddy's boy

1

to one's heart's content; as much as one wants

2

another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand

1

student in a higher grade; upperclassman

1

so-and-so; who?; which people?

1

tacit understanding; unspoken agreement

1

helplessly; reluctantly

2

feeling keenly; fully realizing

1

base (e.g. of a triangle); low class; low in social standing; base (e.g. of support); foundation

2

restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss

2

tree; woody plant

30

classmate

7

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

2

mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation

1

pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing

2

saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)

1

coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins

1

to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

1

no!; no no!; no, not at all

1

it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...

8

zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

1

to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence

1

we

1

considerably; greatly; a lot

6

we; us; I; me

1

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

2

to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)

6

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

4

May; fifth month of the lunar calendar

2

bamboo thicket; bamboo grove

1

to be (something) very much; to be an extreme (something)

1

manner of using one's hands

1

public transportation; public transport

1

one-way (trip); one-way ticket

1