jpdb beta

father

6

to join together; to combine; to join up

2

robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy

2

transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance

4

convenience

1

ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual

1

(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

2

to drag in; to pull in

2

clothes

2

to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of

1

not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)

1

in the ward or borough

1

with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting

7

relation; connection

2

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

2

harmonious; peaceful; congenial; luxuriant (vegetation)

2

wild

2

gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting

1

autonomy; independence

1

to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step

3

same; similar; (just) like; equal

3

to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded

1

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

2

expressing one's mind; speaking out

2

staff; member (club, society, etc.)

15

to keep silent

2

questions and answers; dialogue

2

absolutely; unconditionally; never (with neg. verb)

3

regret; repentance

15

receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)

3

sign; signal; cue

13

noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism

1

one's dominant arm

25

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

2

one's dominant hand

2

to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things

1

you could say; you might say; verging on the

1

use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

7

no way to do; nothing can be done

1

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

7

whereabouts

3

voluntary training; voluntary practice; free practice

1

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

5

cause unknown

1

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

3

to repeat; to be frequent

1

to shut in; to confine; to contain

4

cannot do without something; indispensable; absolutely necessary; have to do

1

to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment

2

to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)

1