jpdb beta

posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance

2

emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment

8

lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)

1

return; welcome home

3

please (give me); please (do for me)

11

if it's the case

1

waste of time

1

so-so; passable; now, now; my, my

2

to become serious; to take something seriously (joke, teasing); to become irritated or angry (usu. at something trivial); to get worked up

5

participation; joining; entry; adherence

2

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

3

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

1

right?; don't you think?; don't you agree?

1

cigar

1

to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up

2

to glare at; to scowl at

2

because of; owing to; due to

4

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

12

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

4

reality; actuality; actual conditions; ultimate reality; absolute truth

1

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

1

unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

1

this for sure; certainly is

3

cause; origin; source

2

to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

1

capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking

1

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

2

way (of doing); method

2

so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here

12

to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)

1

setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store

1

capital strength (of an enterprise)

1

to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything

2

bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely

3

financial muscle; economic clout

2

just a minute; small quantity

2

(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

1

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

1

private management

1

small; little; tiny

9

to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival

2

having said that; on the other hand

4

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

1

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

2

every place; various places

1

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

5

to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

1

there being no use in arguing (about it)

1

store; shop; restaurant

3