jpdb beta

to serve; to work for; to attend

4

precisely because

13

care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation

1

fundamental; basic

2

unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision

1

taking the initiative

1

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

1

hope; wish; aspiration

5

to come back

4

week

1

once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone

19

to degenerate; to lapse into

1

follower; attendant; valet; servant

3

long-cherished ambition; satisfaction

1

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

5

punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop

1

point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead

14

how; in what way; how about

18

to subsist; to keep on living

3

mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better

1

to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)

11

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat

1

year; age; years; past one's prime; old age

1

thirty; 30

3

various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

1

dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly

2

to do (for someone)

1

retirement

3

to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill

4

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

5

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

1

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

3

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

1

(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book

1

pride; boast

3

(in) my own way

1

to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate

2

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously

7

beyond this point; from now on; after this

6

isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

4

for a long time

1

no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable

2

future (usually near); prospects

2

um; er; nuh-uh; no; oof

2

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

2

something or other; one thing or another; this or that

1

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

7

to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

3

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

3

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

7