jpdb beta

indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)

1

rather; better; instead; if anything

2

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

1

whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

1

appearance; look

1

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

1

architect

1

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

2

physicist

1

one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look

1

pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

1

load; loading; weight (of a load)

1

to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check

1

confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

1

curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar

1

based on; on the basis of

1

that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case

1

golden ratio

1

logic

1

development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)

1

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

1

to mimic; to imitate

1

that's so, isn't it

2

violin

1

to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

performing musician

1

hand-to-hand combat

1

physical ability

1

to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)

3

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

2

chemical experiment; chemistry experiment

1

drug dependence

1

to have a tendency; to be liable to; to have a touch of; to have a smack of

1

Oxbridge (universities of Oxford and Cambridge)

1

one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

2

to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

1

working class

1

accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

1

origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

1

pride; boast; credit (to)

2

mother's side of family; maternal (grandfather, uncle, etc.)

1

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

2

deck (of a ship); deck (attached to a building); platform (at the end of a railway passenger car); vestibule; observation deck (esp. at an airport); tape deck; deck (of cards)

1

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question

4

how many times

1

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

3