jpdb beta

to cease; to stop; to be over

3

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

1

goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark

1

intellectual

2

whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

4

vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

5

certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

6

any more; any further; any better; any longer

9

to be found; to be discovered

8

obstinate; inflexible; thickheaded

1

space alien; alien; extraterrestrial being

3

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

6

to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)

4

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

6

if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything

2

another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

3

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

4

earthling; earthman

2

to face; to go towards; to head towards

32

single word; a few words; brief comment

4

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

2

to burst into laughter

2

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

7

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

2

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

13

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

14

theory

6

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

3

ozone layer depletion

1

carbon dioxide

2

evacuation; emission (e.g. of CO2, etc.); ejection

1

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

1

dioxin

1

environmental problem; environmental issue

4

settlement; solution; resolution

2

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

6

population problem

1

key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery

1

10,000,000,000; ten billion

2

South America

2

forest; woods

2

land made arable by the slash-and-burn method; swidden; slash-and-burn farming

1

cooking; kitchen work

1

piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood

1

annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat

2

step; stride; counter for steps

1

shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma

8

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

1

tropical forest; tropical rainforest

1

chlorofluorocarbon gas; CFC gas

1