jpdb beta

to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen

2

(eating) noisily; (chewing) with an open mouth; crumpled; creased; messy; disorderly

1

to drop one's shoulders

1

to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan

1

to have a perverse character; to have a twisted personality

1

sarcastic; having a sharp tongue; having a sharp nasty tongue

1

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

1

to participate in (as a member); to get involved in

1

smoky; awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease

1

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

3

pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)

1

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

2

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

2

sanction; approval; decision

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

1

drug addiction; drug addict; junkie

5

to hang around; to loaf around; to roll (of something large and heavy); to tumble; to be lying about (all over the place); to be strewn (everywhere)

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

5

source of information; intelligence source; message source

2

practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection

3

earnings from a part-time job; part-time job pay

2

(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!

1

to set someone to work in an arrogant fashion; to push someone around; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber

1

profitable; lucrative

1

going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

2

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

1

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

13

to buy as a gift

1

something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)

7

one day; (on) a certain day

2

donkey

1

discount store

1

thinking back now; looking back

1

cheap article; poor-quality article

1

corner; bend; segment (within a radio or TV program); session; area; department

1

warning; alarm; alert

4

abrupt; sudden

3

to shed tears; to (begin to) cry

1

to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus

1

shoplifting; shoplifter

1

tag; label; game of tag; tag-team match; working together as a team

2

label

2

sensor

2

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

2

impossible

3

to take away; to carry away

3

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular

1

success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity

3