jpdb beta

ruin; destruction; fall

1

way (of doing); manner; method; means

4

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

5

(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow

1

means; is; as for

7

who

10

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

1

suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally

2

former (incumbent); predecessor

1

jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking

1

loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles

1

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

2

losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown

1

to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

1

movement; move; motion; trend; development; change

3

to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on

3

several years; a few years

1

in the meanwhile; during the time

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

1

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

5

to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

14

if; in case; supposing

2

(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that

3

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

2

tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining

1

sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt

3

ago; since; before; previous

4

drinking party; get-together

1

female high-school student

1

haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing

1

living thing; living creature; animal; life

2

boys' high school

1

life; living; I; me; student

1

wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible

1

social life; social intercourse

1

something like ...; something called ...

2

completely; not at all

1

distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

1

skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious

1

how old?; what age?

1

younger; junior

2

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

6

anecdote

1

(a) few; some; several

1

to build; to construct

1

originally; by nature; from the start

5

the old town

2

suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt

2

cemetery; graveyard

2