jpdb beta

staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor

2

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

4

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

politician; statesman

2

thereunder; whereunder

1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

2

crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing

2

darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!

1

embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful

2

brave; heroic; gallant

1

cold reception; inhospitality

1

jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly

1

the end

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

15

in the same manner as before; the same as always

1

however; having said that; but

1

economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal

4

elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance

1

economic conditions; economic situation; financial situation; financial circumstances

1

water's surface

1

to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)

1

before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares

3

to forget completely; to leave behind

1

to overlap

1

coincidence

1

scene; spectacle; sight; view

3

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

7

difficult to ...; hard to ...

3

thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger

2

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

8

end-of-year

3

pressing; stamping; press (machine); the press; news media; military press (weight lifting)

1

half a year; six months

5

seldom; rarely; scarcely

2

to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss

1

huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!

1

cleaner; dry-cleaner's

10

normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station

12

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

4

disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty

4

outside the house

1

to see eye to eye; to be on the same wavelength; to talk the same language

1

the whole sky

2

innumerable; countless; numberless

2

cricket (Gryllidae spp.); (arch.) any insect that chirps in autumn

1

to fall asleep

2

tidying up; finishing

1

bicycle; bike

3

store; shop; restaurant

5

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

6