jpdb beta

regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected

3

smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it

1

unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)

3

to employ; to hire; to charter

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

2

awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely

1

oh, yes?; really?

1

(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)

3

to have an interest (in)

1

easy; simple; there's no way that ...

4

misunderstanding

3

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

2

of no interest; not interested

4

vacancy; vacant position

1

application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment

1

guild

1

very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point

5

able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

1

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

1

is not; am not; are not

2

nothing but; none other than

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

1

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

2

research results

1

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

2

plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

5

irregular

11

arrest; apprehension; capture

1

prediction; estimation

4

flattery; compliment

1

listen!; you see; mind you; remember

4

one's physical safety; personal security

1

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

3

only; merely; just; at most; no more than

1

to be affected; to be theatrical; to be pompous

1

barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear

2

full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

1

on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead

1

request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance

1

isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine

1

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

8

to succeed; to bear fruit

1

to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of

1

to look into; to peer in

1

to stare back (at); to glare back

1

to spit out; to eject; to dump

2

to like; to prefer

1

navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre

1

to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort

1

results (of a study)

1