jpdb beta

article; news story; report; account

11

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

1

to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate

1

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

2

knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)

2

bulky; massive; thick; heavy

2

materials; data; document

2

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

1

(full-length) novel; long novel

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

2

to have an eye on; to zero in on

1

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

1

(nothing) but a little

1

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

1

how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way

1

big; large; great

2

enterprise; business; company; corporation

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

1

to scan; to look over

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

1

to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

2

fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person

2

in that manner; like that

1

cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps

1

(personal) background check

3

publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

2

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

3

joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company

1

guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

1

though; notwithstanding; although

2

now; nowadays

5

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

education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education

1

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

1

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

2

one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple

1

private; personal life; (one's) privacy

2

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

1

exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously

1

residential area

2

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

1

to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter

1

reporter; journalist

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dozens; scores of; decades

2

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

1

telecast

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announcer; presenter; broadcaster; in-house television talent who does on-location fluff pieces for variety shows

1

man

1

mike; mic; microphone

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