jpdb beta

trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession

4

programme; program; plans; arrangements

2

nimble; quick; agile

1

before now; hitherto

2

sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around

1

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

2

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain

3

what would (you) do?; what to do about it

1

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

4

older brother; elder brother

3

possibly; by some possibility; perhaps

1

willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

3

if is not; if are not

1

pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask

1

sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)

2

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

1

personal; individual; private

6

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

1

doing whatever one pleases

4

to move around

1

to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)

2

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

3

apron; apron (airport); apron (stage)

1

luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

helper; assistant; help

2

that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there

2

request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

1

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

2

that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

1

contract; compact; agreement

1

advance payment; money paid in advance

1

to this extent

7

one week

1

remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

13

fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus

1

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

2

separate; special; another; separately

1

claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)

1

written estimate; quotation; quote

1

small; fine; detailed; stingy

7

(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum

5

credit

10

payment in kind

1

many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common

6

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

4

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

7

pre-war days; before the war

6