jpdb beta

to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)

4

unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill

2

circumstantial evidence

1

beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

4

restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget

3

exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular

2

to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)

4

to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest

3

inference; deduction; induction; reasoning

3

(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

2

crime; criminal act; offence; offense

1

pace; step; cadence

1

to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored

6

detestable; abhorrent; loathsome

2

oatmeal

1

affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

10

pig (Sus scrofa domesticus); pork; fatso; fatty

9

to make a slip of the tongue; to let something slip

2

unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

2

significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest

1

reportage writer; documentary writer

1

it seems that; as if

2

smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable

2

full; in plenty; ample

5

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

1

in one's own way or style

13

parents; both parents

17

grandparents

1

early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly

1

orphanage

2

to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)

15

poor people; the poor

2

house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

2

to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)

2

escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis

4

to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)

11

otherwise; or else; if not

4

scholarship; stipend; bursary; student loan

5

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

2

support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation

1

half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary

4

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

2

society; public; community; social studies

3

hostility; animosity; enmity

2

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

1

to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious

1

happy; auspicious; propitious; naive

1

to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

12

(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

3

pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born

1