jpdb beta

empirical; positive

25

connection; link; relationship

2

critic

4

author; writer; novelist; artist

2

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

5

impression

1

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

1

to surface; to come to the top; to stand out (e.g. against a background)

1

near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

2

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

3

looks; features

1

to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)

2

literature; books (reference); document

4

explanation; matter under discussion; contents; one's opinion

1

concern; solicitude; consideration

2

experiment

3

previous; former

1

to ascertain; to check; to make sure

1

to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

2

again; once more; a second time

6

generalization; generalisation; popularization; to generalize; to generalise; to popularize

3

to bring back; to restore

1

operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing

2

product

7

what sort; what kind

13

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

1

exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak

1

rentier; person who lives on investment interest

7

mistake; error; fallacy

2

picking out; taking out; (surgical) removal; exposure

1

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

1

body of theory

1

position; orientation

4

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

3

number one

1

same magazine

1

the first and second; a few

2

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

2

where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

5

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

1

to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on

1

now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now

10

to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate

3

certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts

1

because; the reason why is

5

not necessarily so; is not always true

8

all kinds of things; various things; large number of people

5

in the meanwhile; during the time

2

front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

2