jpdb beta

favour; favor

1

absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine

1

bluff

1

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

2

deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

2

several seconds

1

receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)

1

box; box (in theatre); booth (in restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin); central 4x4 area (othello)

2

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback

1

vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow

1

to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

1

to win; to gain victory

3

elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

6

when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally

1

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

4

not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless

1

ambition; aspiration

1

motive power; driving force

1

if; in case; supposing

2

state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

3

extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

4

to be worried; to be troubled

2

several months

2

principal occupation; core business

1

going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with

2

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

2

simple; easy

1

how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how

1

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

3

keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)

2

educator; teacher; educationalist

1

to bloom

1

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted

5

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

3

to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly

2

for this reason

4

correspondence; exchange of letters

2

writing (e.g. as a profession)

3

to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)

3

to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited

1

in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all

3

column (e.g. in newspaper); stand-alone feature article framed by a box

1

genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional

2

following year

1

(one's) life

7

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

2

to realize; to realise

2

to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)

1

unread

1