jpdb beta

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

1

cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene

3

OK; okay

3

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)

1

you (plural)

1

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

2

probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root of a matter

1

good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result

6

means; way; measure

1

to choose; to select

1

had better ...; had better not ...

1

such ... as; or some such

1

manager; purser

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

1

and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless

2

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

2

to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal

2

to subsist; to keep on living

1

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

4

to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out

1

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

1

next day

1

after that; afterwards; thereafter

1

control; management (e.g. of a business)

1

myself; yourself; I; me; you

2

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

1

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

2

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

1

whistleblowing

1

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

1

to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)

2

perception; intuition; the sixth sense

1

member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)

1

to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

1

evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail

1

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

1

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

3

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

1

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

1

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

1

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

1

type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

1

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

1

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

2

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

3

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

2

sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid

1

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend

5

meaning; called; said

3