jpdb beta

boy; man; male

4

stand-up collar

3

together; in company

1

coming home from school

3

to hurry on one's way

1

sailor

1

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

2

ratio; proportion; percentage

1

some people; a few people; several people

1

suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy

1

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

3

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

1

never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up

4

probability; likelihood; chances

1

half and half; fifty-fifty

1

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

1

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

2

club activities; extracurricular activities

2

belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of

1

or; either ... or ...

3

to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)

3

within the school

2

scarecrow; figurehead; dummy

1

returning home

3

to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)

1

to make out with; to make cozy with (cosy); to do at one's own discretion

1

the internal organs

1

to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)

5

insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising

1

to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start

7

having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled

1

supporting role (actor); minor role

1

outsider; someone outside of a group

3

Zoroaster

1

it doesn't matter what; anything is fine

1

uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise

1

to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart

2

myth; legend

1

handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission

1

(on the) street

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

2

religious group

1

canvasser; traveling salesman; travelling salesman; door-to-door solicitor

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

person

1

straw

1

worthless; pointless; useless

1

bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio

1

irritation; annoyance; frustration

1

impatience

1