jpdb beta

unemployed person

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underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor

1

townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

3

one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face

3

to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe

1

slum

4

unloading (cargo, etc.); discharge

3

engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in

2

employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker

1

lumber; timber; wood

1

wool

1

opium

1

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

1

oar; all; (pulling an) all-nighter; staying up all night long

1

sharp; keen; acute

1

jackknife

4

to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other

1

highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging

1

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

6

The Little Match Girl (1845 short story by Hans Christian Andersen)

1

suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly

2

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

3

copper coin

1

one thin flat object; one sheet

2

exchange; conversion

1

street light

1

altogether; entirely

1

to smash; to break into pieces

2

squalid; messy

1

to be built up; to be crowded with houses

3

dark even in the daytime

1

leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning

2

feces

1

putrid smell of a corpse

1

to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely

2

Whitechapel

3

crime; offence; offense

1

poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want

1

principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general

1

to extend (building); to build on

1

house; building

1

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

2

to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

2

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

1

instead; but (on the other hand)

4

to lose sight of; to miss

1

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

6

a hard time; pains

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lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (arch.) speedily

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