jpdb beta

stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade

1

they; those guys

1

(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal

1

of course; certainly; naturally

2

quartz

8

right; privilege

6

to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

1

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

if I (we, etc.) could

4

sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance

1

displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; indisposition; ailment

2

lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

2

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

3

second day of the month; two days

2

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

5

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

1

all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

3

so what!; who gives a damn?

1

to hate; to detest

1

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

2

small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive

2

to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble

4

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

3

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

3

eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

1

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

7

ill feeling; ill will; animosity; bad impression

1

similar to; like

2

insourcing

1

to watch steadily; to stare

2

to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off

2

straight-laced person; stubborn person

1

devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

2

to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to

3

all over (the place); throughout; everywhere; every inch; every part; from head to toe

1

how long; how far; how much

1

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

2

climate

2

(period of) a year; during an era

1

(amount of) rainfall

1

whereabout; about where; how much

1

to ask a question; to ask questions

3

not long has passed since ...

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

9

to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)

8

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

2

food

1

this and that; one thing or another

2