jpdb beta

superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

2

to pretend

9

insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned

3

by all means; no matter what; at any rate

3

mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)

14

for this reason

9

assent; consent

1

amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger

2

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on

5

to smile

11

shift the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); pass the buck

4

at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)

1

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

8

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

4

exaggeration

1

dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

1

hair (of the head)

1

to bury; to embed; to implant

1

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

1

dumbfounded; in mute amazement

3

inference; deduction; induction; reasoning

1

to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch

1

to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

5

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

6

to escape

5

real experience; actual observations

1

you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only

2

very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary

3

hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory

26

that's the way it is; such is life

7

to bear; to endure

2

inside one's heart; in one's mind

1

always; constantly

5

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

2

responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution

1

various; varied; diverse; all sorts of

4

perversion; inversion

1

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

5

having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

1

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

4

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

5

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

5

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

3

to pass (of time); to elapse

3

unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting

1

firm; strong; solid; stable

3

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

3

finally; at last; ultimately; in the end

2

(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place

1