jpdb beta

cross-national

1

to cheer up; to be encouraged (by); to be in high spirits

1

fretfully; impatiently

1

whatever (the case may be)

1

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

1

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

3

to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare

4

to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

1

absurd; irrational; unreasonable; absurdity (philosophy)

5

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

1

near; close; beside; third person

13

rest; relief; relaxation

2

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

2

inspection; observation

1

timewasting; killing time

1

funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral

2

wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

1

slope; slanting surface; bevel

1

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)

1

to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)

1

to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin

2

gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

1

eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

1

both knees

1

funeral service

2

accidental death

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

3

fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade

1

face of a dead person

1

coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person

3

provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation

2

quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

1

siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate

1

material for experiments; experimental material

1

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

2

to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

nostril; nostrils

1

to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out

1

beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks

1

short (of a person)

1

blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration

1

to bear; to shoulder

1

maternal love

2

unvoiced opinion; (opinion of the) silent majority; views which are not expressed

1

home cooking

1

fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax

1

(wind or human-powered) warship

9

fuselage; airframe

1

high speed; rapidity; rapid-service train (not as fast as express); rapid train

3