jpdb beta

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

3

to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon

8

calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry

1

to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport

1

contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist

1

it is I who should say so

2

to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award

1

consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern

1

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

2

to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)

1

menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu

1

racing (an engine); idling (an engine); going in circles (esp. argument, discussion, etc.); spinning one's wheels

1

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

2

thank you

2

serving customers; looking after visitors; reception

1

to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)

2

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

1

through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)

1

lover (male)

1

elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air

1

to wear (formal clothing) in a casual fashion

1

uniform

1

to wear; to be dressed in; to have on

1

beautiful woman

1

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

3

be (that) as it may; having said that

2

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

5

plate; dish

1

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

1

stocking; buying up

1

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

2

to entrust; to leave to a person

2

relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

2

constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor

1

to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going

1

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

1

good humour (humor); good mood

1

calf; small cow

1

atonement; expiation

1

that's so, isn't it

2

success; prosperity; boom

1

to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different

2

teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)

2

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

1

to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)

1

several (objects, usu. from two to six)

1

assassin; to assassinate

1

correction; revision; amendment

2

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

1