jpdb beta

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

1

indoor; inside the room

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roof

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storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

1

corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner

1

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation

3

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

1

side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case

2

first meeting; first interview with

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discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

1

with a half-opened eye

2

robe

3

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

1

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

1

to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)

2

monocle

1

coupled with; together

1

attractive middle-aged man

1

steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)

2

after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to

1

but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

1

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

2

to lower one's voice; to speak more softly

1

true state; actual condition; reality

2

to affect; to impact; to influence

2

gambling

1

maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze

1

debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark

5

covered with; stained; smeared

1

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

2

occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade

1

part-time work

1

speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)

1

echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound

1

marriage fraud; fake marriage

1

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)

1

small sum (of money); small amount

1

a certain ...; some ...

3

equipment

3

basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally

6

to come to the point; to get straight to the point; to speak frankly; to speak plainly; to talk straight

2

small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player

1

guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

3

reduction (esp. in price or cost); diminution; abatement

1

smirkingly; smugly; broadly

1

at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

1

moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)

1

disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

1

scream; shriek; shout; exclamation

2

to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down

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