jpdb beta

failure story; horror story

1

grinning; smirking

2

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

1

thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst

1

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

1

the person concerned; the person in question; the said person

1

to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get

1

bad habit; bad habits

1

transactions; dealings; business

2

above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent

1

revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out

4

suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta

1

compensation; equivalent value; consideration

5

to disclose a secret

1

as promised

1

curiosity; inquisitiveness

1

to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with

1

ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price

1

ten-year-old; ten year old

1

ribbon

3

to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out

1

occurrence; happening; incident; event

3

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

16

to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)

1

hiding at all costs; desperate cover-up; doing one's best to keep (something) secret

1

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

3

funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd

2

(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase

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

absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic

1

teary eyes

1

to plunder; to capture; to seize; to snatch away; to steal; to grab away

1

temper; irritability; fit of anger; tantrum (esp. of children); temper tantrum

1

ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot

1

generous; broad-minded; big-hearted

1

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)

2

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)

2

opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)

2

once a year

2

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

2

shoes

2

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

1

service; duty; work

1

(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle

2

absolutely; definitely; unconditionally

1

if you think about it; come to think of it

2

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

3

oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)

2

to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

1