jpdb beta

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

1

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

6

free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size

3

connection; link; relationship

3

entire world; whole world; world stage

1

to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up

1

there, there

2

to obtain; to procure

8

matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

2

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

7

writer

3

great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

2

looking depressed; long face

3

big job; great task

1

water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway

1

hence; for that reason

7

fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake

2

great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

5

passenger plane

1

to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit

1

derailment; digression; deviation

1

line

2

experiment

2

inhuman person; fiend; beast; brute

1

family lineage

5

hideout; secret base of operations; safe house

4

fort; stronghold; fortification

4

there being no use in arguing (about it)

2

to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)

3

insecurity; carelessness

1

therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence

1

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

5

branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue

2

private; personal life; (one's) privacy

3

stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs

6

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; question mark

2

to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large

2

to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone

1

dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information

1

to laugh away; to laugh off

2

the same opinion

2

step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)

1

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

2

discomfort

4

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

1

to give a reason

1

consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding

2

whoever

2

shaking; swaying

1

himself; he himself

7