jpdb beta

diamond ring

1

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

2

touching; moving; painful

1

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

9

younger sister

3

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

2

to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up

14

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

4

all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of

4

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

33

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

5

famous; well-known; renowned; your name

1

reason; logic; sense; natural way of things

1

to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)

10

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

17

complete collection; large collection; complete works

4

complete works; complete collection; complete series

2

afterwards

8

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

4

penstemon; pentstemon; beardtongue

4

life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

2

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

1

guidepost; signpost

1

preachy; sanctimonious

1

thumb; big toe

10

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

3

palimpsest

20

one by one; one each; one at a time

1

charm; incantation; spell; curse

76

way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character

1

easy to understand

4

title; index; heading; headline; caption

4

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

7

whereunder; thereunder

4

materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis

12

list; wrist

2

process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction

5

number; series of digits

2

to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

11

twice; again; second time

1

parchment

2

to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

2

considerably; fairly; quite

19

time; hour; period; class

15

to pass (of time); to elapse

12

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

4

friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by

2

to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

2

wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains

1

to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance

1