jpdb beta

to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die

5

to shake one's head (in denial)

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

3

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

4

to bud; to sprout

1

self; the ego

3

Spartan; spartan; harsh; rigid; severe; strict

2

training; drill; practice; discipline

6

law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

5

already; too late

1

infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)

2

the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality

6

maxim; personal standard

2

solely; entirely; only; or

2

to possess; to haunt

6

going and returning (e.g. work, school); both ways

3

this or that person; anybody; many people

1

looking; viewing; (please) try (to)

2

passenger

6

to glare at; to scowl at

2

weak; sickly

1

pale; pallid

3

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally

2

to turn one's face away

3

to stare back (at); to glare back

1

rarely; seldom

2

to win; to gain victory

3

directly opposite; right in front

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

10

to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

4

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

9

to lose something

2

careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent

1

any more; any further; any better; any longer

2

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

3

unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic

2

ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people

4

knowledge; information

4

distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)

1

standard; common standard; standard rule; standard way of doing; established usage

2

to lose (a chance); to miss (a chance); to overlook; to omit; to deviate

2

normalcy; normality; normal

19

legitimate; orthodox; traditional

1

everyone; anyone; no one

6

misbelief; fallacy

1

to be amazed; to be shocked; to be astonished; to be astounded; to be disgusted; to be exasperated

5

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

2

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

14

absorption in reading

3

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

6