jpdb beta

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

5

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

2

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

19

but; however; although

77

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

2

to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny

2

(present) head of a family

1

to rank next to; to come after

2

genius; prodigy; natural gift

8

famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known

1

he; him; boyfriend

35

every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of

5

study; research; investigation

1

guiltless; innocent

1

experiment

2

inhumane; inhuman

1

to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes

1

madness; insanity

7

to eat into

1

talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful

1

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

3

theory

2

many; numerous; various; large number of

1

to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember

4

metre; meter; meter; gauge

10

to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

8

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

1

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

8

to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

5

flight; flying; soaring

1

to show; to display

13

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

2

even; but; however

5

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

1

overwhelming

2

feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

1

despondency

1

sadness; sorrow; grief

3

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

1

until now; so far; up to the present

9

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

20

to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

10

capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

1

degree of difficulty; difficulty level

1

search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation

10

long; (for a) long time

1

fantasy; illusion; vision; dream

3

earthquake

3