jpdb beta

at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

5

stain; blot; flaw; disgrace

2

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

8

gradually

2

opportunity; chance; trigger; cause

1

clique; clan; faction

2

decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing

2

forcefulness of speech; influential voice

1

fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation

1

criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

1

expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema

2

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

2

offender; criminal; culprit

1

to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch

1

to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table

1

false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes

1

one's home country; one's homeland

1

system; institution; organization; organisation

1

stiffening; rigidity; rigor; stiffness; ossification; petrification

1

to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)

2

tick (Acari spp.); mite

2

to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

1

provoking; offensive

1

integrity; moral courage; rigidity

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

2

cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing

1

to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed

6

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

professional killer; hit man

3

large tree; big tree; huge tree

2

to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted

3

moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

1

moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)

3

entry; approach; penetration

3

cunning deed; sly trick; foul play; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat

2

to peel off; to come off; to be taken off

1

to raise one's head (esp. of a snake)

1

snakelike; snaky; serpentine

2

maturity; ripeness

3

air temperature

1

high and low; rise and fall

1

to be intimate with; to befriend

1

to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

1

to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate

3

barbarous custom

1

preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence

1

to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

6

first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month

1

by (means of); with

1

cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)

1