jpdb beta

now that; since; so long as; because

1

to show up; to appear; to turn up

1

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

1

study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount

22

to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

4

to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain

1

habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

3

to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

1

punishment; penalty

5

to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple

2

inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)

7

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses

1

to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life

2

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

2

to be absorbed in reading; to get lost in reading; to be immersed in (a book)

1

next day

1

all day long; all the day; throughout the day

4

very interesting; of great interest

1

to miss (doing); to fail (to do); to do without

2

pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements

1

because of; owing to; due to

2

something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so

1

scale; scope; plan; structure

1

escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism

1

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

1

cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable

1

to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

1

crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling

1

myth; mythology

1

the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed

1

history book

1

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

1

to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

1

becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed

3

to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic

1

must not; do not

1

most important

1

I couldn't care less; not caring less

1

with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

2

gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

1

same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous

1

coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)

2

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

1

silence (not speaking); muteness

2

sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance

1

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

3

physical

2

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

1