jpdb beta

surroundings; environs; circumference

2

to impress (someone)

1

I see; that's right; indeed

2

to have meaning; to be meaningful

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

1

fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax

1

favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right

1

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

1

arrest; roundup

1

counter for people

2

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

20

feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about

2

to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer

1

to hide; to conceal

5

(creating) a cover-up

2

to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee

3

that is to say; so that means

2

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

6

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

group (usu. of people)

1

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

myself

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

1

know-how

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

3

to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat

1

very popular; highly favoured

1

man of the hour; woman of the hour

1

comparatively; relatively

1

easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick

1

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

1

to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

1

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

1

official use; government business

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)

1

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

3

to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)

1

(not) one

4

(on the) right track

1

pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

1

one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

4

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

3

very careful; thoroughly prepared

1

high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

2

intermediate level

3

bribe; sweetener; douceur

4

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

2