jpdb beta

origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

1

ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather

1

literature; books (reference); document

2

decentralization of authority; decentralisation of authority

1

to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

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appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

5

British person

1

since when; from when; how long

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frequent; densely packed; thick

1

to disappear; to vanish

3

relation; relationship

10

six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

3

chance; opportunity

6

most; best

2

intelligence operative; spy

4

remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

1

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

2

miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary

1

to interrupt; to butt in

2

chance encounter (worth treasuring); a connection made with another person by chance

1

to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize

1

to care for someone; to look after someone

2

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

1

hard worker; hardworking person

1

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

25

guiding principle; single-minded policy; one's sole talent; single spear

2

to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

7

beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)

10

to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love

5

clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight

1

honeymoon; being in an intimate relationship; honeymoon (period)

2

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

5

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)

8

at some point in the past; at some stage

1

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

3

to shake one's head

4

one day; (on) a certain day

4

to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell

7

bottom; sole

6

above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth

4

people; men and women; each person; everybody

7

to disappear; to vanish

4

to drift (to); to be washed ashore

2

at first; in the beginning; originally

1

to laugh away; to laugh off

1

while crying; in tears

1

lawsuit; complaint

1

missing; lacking

2

third day of the month; three days

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