jpdb beta

efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

1

pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to

1

indicate reason; infers some protest

2

hundreds

2

slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long

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lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk

1

employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker

4

to gather; to collect; to assemble

7

inspector

2

leavings; leftovers

1

to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy

1

poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty

1

children

1

construction site

4

construction work

9

to fear; to be afraid of

3

bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase

6

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

2

some days; several days

1

with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill

4

now; come (now); well

2

opening (for that day's business; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); opening (of a new library, museum, cinema, etc.)

2

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

3

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

2

complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression

4

to follow in succession; to happen one after another

1

middle of the night; dead of night

2

to sob

3

to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)

2

to intervene; to stop (something)

2

very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

1

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

1

closing (for the day; of a library, museum, cinema, etc.); closing down (of a library, museum, cinema, etc.)

6

closing time; lockup; curfew

1

after

9

I can tell you; heh

3

to join hands (with)

4

declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice

3

evening; dusk; twilight

2

sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling

6

bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

5

the road home

2

cause; origin; source

6

what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...

2

to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst

1

to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

1

to take; to carry (something) away; to bear

5

benefactor; patron

4

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

1

to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

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