jpdb beta

cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required

1

unnecessary; unneeded

2

deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out

1

something or other; anything

1

receipt; cash-register slip

1

calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

1

purpose for which money is spent; the way money is spent; how goods are used

1

close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny

1

mother; mom; mum; wife

11

to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered

2

to rescue; to free

1

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

2

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

5

novel; (short) story

2

music

4

to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)

3

uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently

1

school life

6

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

16

preparation for a lesson

1

review (of learned material); revision

1

pain; agony; bitterness

7

desperate; hopeless

3

work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

12

to glitter; to glisten; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glare; to gleam

1

essence; true nature; substance; reality

1

act; deed; conduct

12

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

6

sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness

3

beyond this point; from now on; after this

5

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

4

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

1

to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack

1

puberty; adolescence

3

self; the ego

1

to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate

1

pet; trumpet

1

to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.

2

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

2

hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation

2

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

6

in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

4

efficiency

2

striking; remarkable; considerable

2

descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence

2

bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible

1

to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)

1

genuine; authentic; true; real

1

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

1

to turn towards; to point

6