jpdb beta

talk; conversation; dialogue

1

skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme

3

horse riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse; saddle horse

1

billiards

1

taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)

1

to pretend

1

evolution; progress

1

to make a living

1

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

1

extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering

1

occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally

2

straight-laced person; stubborn person

1

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

1

to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty

1

to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of

1

conceptual; ideational; notional; theoretical; academic

1

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

1

illegal; unlawful

1

narcotic; drug; dope

3

smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade

2

passion; enthusiasm; zeal

1

legitimate occupation; honest business

1

large amount of money; great cost

1

system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

1

poisoning; addiction

1

permanent; perpetual; persistent; lasting

1

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

3

trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade

1

(theatrical) blackout; taking a (sudden) turn for the worse; rapid deterioration

1

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

1

punishable offense; crime

1

relation; connection; affinity

1

losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown

1

reprimand

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

there is nothing more that can be done; it's all over

1

eldest brother

1

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

1

doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation

1

accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with

1

(all) together

2

execution

1

based on

1

to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)

1

motherland; fatherland; native country

1

fugue

1

musical performance

2

premarital; prenuptial

1

(in) his way; peculiar to him

1