jpdb beta

to look downwards; to lower one's eyes

1

hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious

1

conspiracy; collusion; complicity

3

ambitious person

2

nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

1

governor; leader; ruler

1

cowardly; timid; easily frightened

2

to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer

1

class

1

Christian name

1

to tease; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make a crack about; to chaff; to kid

1

to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly

1

study; diligence; discount; reduction

1

commercial school

1

shorthand; stenography

1

to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in

1

to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question

1

willpower; energy; vitality

1

faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction

1

should do; ought to do

1

job; work; duties; trade; skill

1

post war; after the war

1

salary

2

salary raise

1

economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

1

to make a living

1

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

1

rate; ratio; percentage; commission; poundage; percentage

1

such-and-such a place

1

large-scale

1

document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

1

typewriter

4

specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying

2

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

4

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

3

mailing; posting

1

plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act

2

to triumph; to be elated with success

1

mild; mild-mannered; gentle

1

sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence

1

skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery

1

skill; dexterity; proficiency

1

to need; to demand; to take; to require

1

lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period

1

completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

1

to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)

1

to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat

1

to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

1

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

2