jpdb beta

sound; noise; (musical) note; fame

13

somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

3

instability; insecurity; crankiness

1

as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still

1

white; blank (e.g. paper); uncolored; innocent; not guilty; (arch.) bright

4

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

2

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

1

air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all

11

medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)

66

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl

4

dust

1

to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up

1

attentive; cautious; careful; watchful

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

68

to become dim; to become blurred

2

to be seen; to be visible; to look; to seem; to come

25

rather than; more ... than ...

3

too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as

257

(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say

3

whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

2

as if; as though; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest; really; completely

14

underwater

1

it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...

6

quickly (e.g. pushing up one's glasses); with a light pull; with a sharp tug (e.g. at a sleeve)

1

middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe

1

glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes

9

center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused

6

to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky

2

finger; toe; digit

5

to find out

1

is not; am not; are not

4

brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows

1

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

9

when; at what point

1

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)

4

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

222

remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?

1

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

1

one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

13

lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking

10

announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

1

while; during; while; although; all; both

32

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)

6

probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid

2

now; the present time; just now; another; more

45

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

34

in this way; like this

2

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

92

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

185