jpdb beta

missionary work; proselytizing; preaching; evangelism

1

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

1

pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable

4

dissipation; prodigality; debauchery

1

to be infected; to be contagious

1

talent; ability

4

as a child; when one was a child; childhood

3

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

2

worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid

4

to disturb; to upset; to ruffle; to stir up; to mess up

1

examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)

1

dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

4

to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

1

scenery; scene; landscape

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

3

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

1

making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)

2

to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

1

garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area

6

to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

forest

1

garden; kindergarten yard; playground

2

play equipment; playground equipment

1

event; function

1

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out

4

fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

1

green; emerald green; green color of new foliage; verdure

1

flannel

1

pantaloons; bell-bottoms; trousers

1

frill

5

soccer; seersucker

2

exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

1

corduroy

1

culotte skirt; culottes

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

2

to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)

1

cloudy sky; overcast sky

3

emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence

1

reality; actuality; hard fact

1

realistic; pragmatic

1

distinctly (standing out); clearly; in sharp relief; boldly

1

to gaze long at

1

to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale

3

brilliant; bright

1

once more; again

5

alarm clock

1

mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)

1

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1