jpdb beta

immediately following

2

everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes

1

to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade

2

everyone; anyone; no one; nobody

13

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

4

to lend an ear to; to listen to

1

himself; he himself

4

direct

4

to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)

2

goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

3

authority; power; influence

1

foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige

1

few decades; many decades; several decades

1

after

3

smoky; awkward; ill at ease

1

at that time; in those days

4

ruffian; scamp; hooligan; out-of-work person; day laborer without a job

1

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

2

home position; origin; usual place (for something)

1

person with a lot of free time on their hands; person of leisure; idler; loafer

1

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

11

assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation

1

eccentric person

1

obedient; docile; quiet

2

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

3

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

2

to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

8

even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless

3

far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

8

project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct

2

mere; only; just; slight

4

origin; beginning

3

no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than

5

in sign of; in proof of

2

every place; various places

3

provision of information

1

correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

1

proposal; proposition; suggestion

13

circular; circulating letter

5

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

7

suffering; distress; hardship; trial

1

large enterprise; big business; large undertaking

1

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

2

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

1

applicant; candidate

1

securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

1

even

13

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

5

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in

6