jpdb beta

dropout; quitter; deserter

1

product; produce; result; fruit

4

deception; deceit

1

word game; wordplay; playing with words

1

both; both sides; both parties

4

grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once

3

each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

6

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

3

to show someone's true colors; to remove someone's mask; (lit.) to take the veneer off something

1

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

1

phantom; vision; something fleeting; short-lived dream; fabled item; mythical thing

2

to set out (on a journey); to start (a task)

1

as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline

2

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less

4

given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

1

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

1

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

20

to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to make come true (e.g. a dream); to realize; to fulfill

11

(trend of) the times; current of the times; spirit of the age

2

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

7

correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

5

(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?

1

persuasion

6

to move (house); to change residence

2

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

2

first rider in a charge; first (person) to arrive

1

wire netting; wire mesh; wire gauze; chain-link mesh; chicken wire

3

to start eating

1

several people; a few people

1

girl student; schoolgirl

3

tall (of a person)

2

conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; strikingly; outstandingly; especially

2

lively; vigorous; sprightly; animated; vivid

1

soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice

2

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

weird; disgusting; sickening

1

time of setting (sun, moon, etc.)

1

fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)

4

manner (with others); attitude

1

the reason is that ...; because

1

to go easy on someone; to be easygoing; to be lenient

1

to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky

2

bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly

1

every night; nightly

1

senior; veteran; old-timer

1

hermit; recluse

1

to be preeminent; to be outstanding

1

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

1