jpdb beta

imitation; copying

1

to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

2

roadside; wayside

3

meteorite

1

pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)

1

ocean; large sea; fabric pattern

1

gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr

2

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

indicates being the subject or receiver of an action, decision, etc.; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)

3

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

4

death rate; mortality rate

1

criminal condemned to death; convict on death row

1

human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person

2

to stick it out (until the end)

1

amnesty; pardon

1

internal conditions; true state of affairs

1

to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over

9

traitor (to one's country); quisling

2

objection; dissent; protest

1

roguish; impish

6

gold (colour, color)

6

capacity; volume; capacitance

3

thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time

2

time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun

1

acquaintance; close friend

1

at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being

2

morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

5

non-recoverable; unrecoverable; irreparable; irreversible; irretrievable

1

simplification

3

high quality

1

to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited

1

acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance

2

radiation; emission

2

to shed light; to cast light

2

oneself; one's body

1

still more; even more; much more; increased; greater

2

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

1

weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence

2

link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic

2

to stand still (for a while); to remain in one place; to stand alone (of a building, statue, tree, etc.); to stand quietly; to wander about; to loiter

10

to look up

1

first-rate; finest quality; the best

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

14

to leap back; to jump back

1

(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection

6

drama; theatre; theater; play

2

to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down

26

checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers

1

intimate; close

1