jpdb beta

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

1

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

1

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

6

that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you

10

Mr (junior); master; boy

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junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student

6

birthday party

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

2

article; news story; report; account

1

to be needed; to be wanted

2

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

1

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

1

play; drama

8

true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses

1

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

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

1

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

1

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

3

so much; so; like that

2

bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

1

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

1

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

2

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

2

place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

1

really; truly

1

several tens

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after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

1

big shot; higher-ups

1

acquaintance

3

(police) detective; criminal matter

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

2

to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)

8

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

4

to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on

2

shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try

2

to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle

1

feeble

1

that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

2

is that so? (generally rhetorical)

1

to get to know each other; to make acquaintance

1

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that

1

aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!

1

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

3

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

2

look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute

1

frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

1

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

2

say; well; um; er

1

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

3

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

1