jpdb beta

degeneration; retrogression; atrophy; regression (e.g. of society); deterioration; degeneration

1

to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's

1

to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen

4

dawn breaks; day dawns

1

to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

6

is it?; isn't it?; be; is

2

to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

6

salary; wages; pay

2

money

7

proposal; proposition; suggestion

2

to open a business

1

thorny path

1

store; shop

3

jurisdiction; control

1

opening a business; opening a practice

1

having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...

11

to increase; to multiply

3

all; everyone; everybody

1

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

2

control; restraint; suppression; constraint; curtailment; inhibition

3

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

4

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

2

illegal; illicit; unlawful

6

but; however; although

6

to run a shop; to have a shop

2

on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way

1

for example; for instance; e.g.

1

cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)

1

sale; sales; selling; marketing

2

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

2

illegal drug

1

instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability

1

to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)

1

dealer; distributor; seller

1

guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests

2

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

1

what to do

1

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

14

you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

2

in case of; at that time; at this time

1

diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

3

mere consolation; temporary peace of mind

1

to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)

2

wide difference; a world of difference

1

disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

2

to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

3

to reach out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to get involved in; to embark on; to start a fight; to get physical with

1

to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)

4

expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema; expulsion (from a gang)

1

striking off a name; dropping a name (from a list); expulsion; excommunication

1