jpdb beta

duty; function; office; mission; task

8

case; situation

4

unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental

1

for example; for instance; e.g.

3

shipwreck

1

exemption from responsibility; disclaimer

1

underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)

1

relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen

1

killing; murder

1

to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

1

if I (we, etc.) could

4

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

1

hush money

2

to pay

2

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

2

tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; demon; devil

1

personal feelings; self-interest

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

4

flight; desertion; escape

1

clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

1

hostility; antagonism; opposition

2

leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)

1

to throw away

2

pursuer; pursuing party; posse

2

abuse; ill-treatment; maltreatment; mistreatment; cruelty

2

to live through; to survive

1

uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable

3

aha!; yes sir

3

quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly

3

therefore; for that reason; such being the case

4

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

2

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

1

willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

7

if it's the case

4

reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump

1

maid; helper; help; assistance

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

2

well-bred; of good upbringing

2

to recall; to remember

1

performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact

1

make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking

6

to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin

1

almost every day; almost daily

1

cloud of dust (sand, etc.)

1

sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams

1

here and there; in places

4

cut; gash; incision

1

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

1

to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power

1

condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)

2