jpdb beta

300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit

1

small part (of the whole)

2

portion; section; part

6

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

3

forty; 40

2

family

10

employee

2

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

6

to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show

6

(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service

3

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

20

satisfactory; desirable; favourable; seeming (to be); appearing

4

three people

12

bride; (one's) daughter-in-law; wife

13

fire; conflagration

1

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

5

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

4

to build a house

1

cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

4

smirkingly; broadly (grinning)

3

to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

8

to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

7

new form; new formula

6

dislike; hatred; fear

1

along the way; along the road

1

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

5

flowering season

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

6

to bear fruit

1

blow-drying; blow; punch; blowing (i.e. playing a wind instrument, esp. in jazz)

1

wheat

5

naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)

2

to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

1

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

8

wheat; barley; oat (oats)

1

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

6

to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

1

to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake

2

so far as

12

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

26

roadside; wayside

1

farm hand; tenant

3

to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt

3

glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)

6

to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed

2

sugar

2

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

1

to allow; to let (someone) do; to make (someone) do

1