jpdb beta

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

9

not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned

1

limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

2

(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

1

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

1

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

1

maid; helper; help; assistance

1

seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

12

room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable

9

by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being

1

picture book

1

speech; words; one's lines; remarks

1

to kick hard

1

swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

1

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

2

toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff

1

to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge

1

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

9

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

3

to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

1

so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore

1

home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

1

one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

1

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

3

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

1

because; as; since

2

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

1

shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes

1

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

17

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

4

something; some kind of; for some reason

2

myth; legend

3

existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have

4

to begin talking; to open up

1

olden days; former

1

creation; Creation (by God)

1

Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of God; Christian; prodigy; young ace

1

ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

3

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

4

to watch over; to watch attentively

6

twins; twin

3

men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

1

goddess; female deity

5

to love

10

male god; male deity

2

myself; yourself; I; me; you

5

same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

4

only; nothing but

5

with the exception of; excepting; excluding

3