jpdb beta

handwork; handcraft; manual labor; manual labour; working with one's hands

1

customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner

1

early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

4

pregnant

1

long trip

4

expulsion; excommunication

1

to take a growing interest in

1

of all people

1

to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden

1

to lash out at; to flare up at; to fly at; to turn on

4

goggling; rolling (one's eyes)

1

for use by children; for children

3

excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury

5

opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes)

3

to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself

1

falling in love; attachment

20

perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility

3

to live; to reside; to inhabit

10

departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.

7

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

2

stock; products; stolen goods; loot; spoils

2

to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)

2

to strengthen; to beef up; to put on a firm basis; to ensure; to secure

2

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

3

to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

2

to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

1

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

2

to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about

1

ridiculous; absurd

2

loud (of a voice)

1

blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank

1

carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky

10

to glare at; to scowl at

2

views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect

1

personal history; career

2

cannot be compared with; no match for

4

to feel oneself indebted to

1

persecution; oppression

2

dear; beloved

2

direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person

2

conspiracy; collusion; complicity

1

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

1

one year ago

2

disinheritance

2

firing line; position where one is subject to questioning, criticism, etc.; in front of a flying arrow (fired by the enemy)

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

6

to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of

4

not care; not caring

1

to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future

3

like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)

1