jpdb beta

to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on

1

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

1

realistic; pragmatic

1

distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process

1

opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency

1

exactly opposite (of)

1

reader

2

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

1

to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out

1

to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close

1

protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household

6

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

2

prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak

1

a long time ago

1

worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace

1

ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished

1

fickle; capricious; inconstant; changeable; whimsical

1

supporting role (actor); minor role

3

to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

1

creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright

4

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

1

long (e.g. novel, film)

1

couple

2

course correction; trajectory change; orbital adjustment

2

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

2

end; close; finish; end of play (in go)

2

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

1

fate; destiny; lot

1

long ago; a long time ago; already

1

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1

character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character

2

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

1

irreplaceable

1

just one person; only one

1

by all means; by all costs

1

bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan

1

exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit

1

from now on; hereafter

1

endless; boundless; everlasting

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

1

to look forward to something

2

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

1

dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme

1

straying; wandering off course

1

to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

1

supporting; shoring up; promotion; propping-up; jacking-up; manipulation

1

character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

1