jpdb beta

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

1

a certain ...; some ...

2

wife and children; (arch.) wife

1

man; male; masculine gender

1

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

1

to pilfer; to filch; to swipe

1

man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend

2

to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)

1

we

1

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

1

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

1

be; is

1

box of cakes

2

to be helpful; to be useful

1

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

2

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

1

to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded

2

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

1

price; cost; value; worth; value

1

silent

1

massive failure; debacle; fiasco

1

aim

1

door (Western-style, car, etc.)

3

to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

1

congratulations

1

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

1

so much; so; like that

1

enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)

1

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

1

number one; first; best; most; game; round

1

riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious

1

however; but

4

to solve a mystery

1

company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance

1

to inform; to report

1

beginning; outset; first; onset

1

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

2

(a) few; some; several

1

mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest

2

huge; gigantic; enormous

1

fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

1

group (usu. of people)

1

eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression

1

guess; conjecture

1

endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint

1

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

1

to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

1

transactions; dealings; business

1