jpdb beta

lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator

1

primary school; elementary school; grade school

4

on bad terms; at loggerheads

1

arbitration; intercession; mediation

1

to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone

1

all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

1

castella (type of sponge cake)

1

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

2

to accompany; to go with; to go together

1

to go out and away; to leave

2

stirring; slight movement

1

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

2

knowing; (an) acquaintance

2

straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct

1

death; the next world; to pass away; to die

1

grandparents

2

to die

2

discord; (on) bad terms (with)

2

marriage

1

elopement; running away with a lover

1

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

1

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

2

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

4

why; how

2

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect

1

quarrel; dispute; argument

1

place to go; person to turn to; someone to depend on

1

splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate

2

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

2

load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility

1

to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with

1

meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous

2

to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check

2

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

2

scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

2

matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)

13

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

2

to be able to conceal

1

to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited

1

to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

1

to do as one likes

1

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

1

you; dear; honey

2

true value; real worth

2

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

2

extraordinary; uncommon

1

ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity

4

please

1