jpdb beta

boy; bellboy; porter; waiter

1

gang age; preadolescence

1

light machine gun

1

legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order

1

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

1

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

3

student movement

1

oppression; suppression; pressure

4

one's own country

1

citizens of one's own country; fellow countrymen; compatriots

1

to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)

1

resentment; indignation; anger

1

to stir up; to poke (the fire); to beat (an egg); to arouse (interest, feelings, etc.); to stir; to stoke

1

Ecuador

1

to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt

3

revolutionary

2

funeral

1

flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

1

to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide

1

heroism

1

to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse

1

green beret

2

lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication

1

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

1

serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel

1

a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

2

emotional; sentimental

1

flowery prose

1

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

2

to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale)

1

without a moment's delay; at once; immediately; instantly; promptly; without hesitation

1

to be infected; to be contagious

4

affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

1

to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve; to transfer (phone call)

1

parody (of a song); new lyrics to an old melody; song parody

4

to get used to hearing

1

before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner

1

to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible

1

to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular

1

satire; irony; sarcasm

1

vulgar; indecent; coarse; crude

1

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

1

accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right

1

effective; successful

1

Davies; Davis

1

don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face

2

several lines (of text)

1

reading only the important parts; reading here and there; skimming through; reading word by word; reading only the parts one can understand

1

weekly (publication); weekly magazine; weekly journal

2

on rare occasions; once in a blue moon

1