jpdb beta

in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces

1

scorn; mockery; ridicule

2

beyond expression; unspeakable; inexpressible; indescribable

1

painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable

2

last ray of hope; only hope

1

trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

1

even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage

5

financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

1

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

2

side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending

1

factory; plant; mill; workshop

3

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

2

not worth considering; out of the question

1

to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble

3

ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price

4

to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)

2

rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything

2

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

1

to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

6

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.

20

large meal; large meals

1

wheat; barley; oat (oats)

3

smut

1

rapeseed; coleseed

1

countless; incalculable

4

free (of charge); gratuitous

5

charity; benevolence; philanthropy

1

lecture

9

having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose

1

refusing to see a visitor

1

private (establishment)

2

standard; basis; principle

3

using money as a weapon; power of money

1

power; authority

1

overcrowded; congested

1

to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

1

to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

2

hearsay; learning by hearsay

1

each; every

5

crippled; deformed; imperfect; incomplete; one wheel

6

impartiality; fair play

1

deep place; depths; depth; profundity

1

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

1

careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering

7

scraping together (a sum of money); raising (a sum of money) by straining one's credit

1

starvation

1

eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)

4

8th in rank; eighth sign of the Chinese calendar

2

intention; aim; design

3

isn't it?; it really is

3