jpdb beta

daily use

1

previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day

6

application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal

1

Christmas

110

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)

1

telephone number

1

kidnapper; kidnaper; abductor

2

concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)

3

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

5

to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve

7

Guatemala

4

day after day; every day

7

(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)

1

horse; horse racing; promoted bishop

2

to be the case that

2

any- (e.g. anything, anywhere, anyone); -ever (e.g. whatever, wherever, whenever); even (if it's just ...); at least; either ... or ...

1

to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order

1

to make a mistake

2

luckily; blessedly; fortunately

2

unbelievable (extent)

2

oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed

1

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

7

to manage; to control; to cut carelessly (of a cook, surgeon, etc.); to slash about; (arch.) to cut around

1

forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive

1

to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)

1

life story; personal narrative; story of one's life

1

heartfelt

3

gentleman

5

feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung

8

presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...

7

general hospital

13

(medical) doctor; physician

22

patient

5

coherence; consistency

1

to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything

3

wheat flour

3

flour; meal; powder; dust

5

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

11

brush up (i.e. fine tune, polish up, revise)

1

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

11

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

5

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

4

rage; fury

3

attracting customers

2

progress; advance; improvement; development

5

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

8

informal social gathering; convivial meeting; get-together

2

torture

7

laundry; the washing

3

detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material

2