jpdb beta

since when; from when; how long

2

to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)

1

employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson

1

per-capita division; division according to the number of people

1

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

1

trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess

1

benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted

1

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

4

to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire

1

how old; what age

1

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

5

natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder

1

less than ...; smaller ...

2

eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality

2

fourteen; 14

1

further; above (that); greater (than that); any more

4

actual age; true age

1

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually

5

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

during the war

1

to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate

1

attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture

1

collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

2

bad job; poor workmanship; bungle

6

degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion

1

imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective

8

inefficient

6

to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence

2

eight; 8

1

to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

5

elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress

1

space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin

1

still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

2

curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

1

poor; lame; ill-prepared

1

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

1

naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell

1

knife

2

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

1

pressure

1

slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy

1

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

2

unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen

1

believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan

1

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

2

to pay respect (to)

1

ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

1

title; name; degree

1

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

2