jpdb beta

providence; luck; favor; favour; advantage

1

conclusion; completion

1

to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

5

why; how

1

mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting

2

only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be

1

difficult problem; challenge

1

to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

1

to roughen (e.g. one's attitude); to raise (one's voice)

4

to serve God

1

sinful; wicked; immoral

3

depravity; corruption; degradation

6

to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

1

to become excited; to grow lively

1

leaping; activity; leapfrog (over a problem); making a leap (e.g. in logic); making great strides; making rapid progress

1

to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about

3

detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking

3

misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness

2

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

12

good deed; good conduct; benevolence

1

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

8

to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort

1

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

5

day of month; counter for days

1

lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering

3

to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)

3

insectivore

1

bad luck; bad fortune; evil; wickedness

6

exactly as stated; verbatim

2

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

13

vast; calm

1

form; shape; figure; visage

12

to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

9

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

8

to be pretentious; to put on airs; to try to appear smart; to act brave; to try to look cool

1

belatedly

2

to hit a nerve; to get on one's nerves

1

merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures

4

labor; labour; service

1

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

5

all day; for a whole day

1

guess; conjecture; surmise

5

to twist; to distort

5

funnel

2

to sit silently at a meeting

1

among (them); of (them)

1

how much; how many; however

2

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

6

careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully

1

order (for an item); request; demand; condition

2