jpdb beta

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

6

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

3

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

4

meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)

3

to triumph; to be elated with success

2

dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot

1

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

3

each; respectively

7

to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind

4

convenient

2

also called

1

honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly

1

to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

4

honest person

1

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

3

to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree

18

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

3

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

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to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve

11

to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

3

deceitful; cruel

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

1

really; truly

3

implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization

1

mass production

1

to jaunt around; to play around; to visit one place after another without effect

2

cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

1

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

4

for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account

2

meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody

2

to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake

4

to begin to cry

1

business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...

3

tenacity; endurance

2

to gain nothing; to be of no benefit; to be no use; to be unprofitable

1

(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

3

to be erected; to be built

1

scholarship student

8

corner; nook; recess

3

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

14

to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

9

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

2

pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

2

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

12

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

7

to make an appearance

1

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

5

question; inquiry; enquiry

4

to answer; to reply

14

to be worried; to be troubled

6