jpdb beta

this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

5

busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety

15

sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging

1

alternately; by turns

1

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

3

to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience

4

to come alive; to get going; to start to move

11

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose

4

to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit

3

(your) time

3

blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

8

smiling face; smile

35

troubadour; minstrel

2

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

30

mother

2

child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot

20

present continuous tense; present progressive form

1

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

6

to have an interest (in)

5

to bring up a subject

2

guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation

1

please

8

in a row; in a line

3

corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

1

comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious

2

majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

3

curriculum

1

to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss

5

leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

5

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

3

this area; around here

3

sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage

3

to transcribe; to copy

6

to be sorry; to beg pardon; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be filled with awe; to be disconcerted

8

outline; summary; argument

1

outline; summary; gist; basic points

1

friendship; fellowship; camaraderie

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

1

anti-

1

record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history

1

hard to read; illegible

1

scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing

1

feeling; sense; impression

8

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

5

distinction; discrimination; distinguishing; discernment

2

text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence

1

to go on reading

1

slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous

1

expression; phraseology

2

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

2