jpdb beta

allegory; fable; parable

1

incurable illness

1

one month

3

lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend

6

to remain married for life

2

subjective

1

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

1

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

1

if I (we, etc.) could

1

objectivity

1

straying; wandering off course

3

to hang one's head; to droop one's head

1

to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed

1

shame; embarrassment; disgrace

1

puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

1

natural; natural (sign)

1

to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking

1

worry; fear; anxiety; concern

1

needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry

1

don't worry; there's no need to worry

1

abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)

1

transfer; assignment; conveyance

2

procedure; process; proceedings; formalities

2

assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb

1

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)

2

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

1

to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip

1

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

1

cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation

1

a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather

1

blackout

1

to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses

2

to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

2

to straighten up; to sit upright

1

clean; hygienic; sanitary; pure; virtuous; immaculate

1

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

1

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

4

to speak; to say; to vocalize

1

to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on

1

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

7

to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself

7

to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened

6

recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

2

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

6

one's weak point; one's sore spot; raw nerve

1

to look into; to peer in

2

everywhere; wherever; nowhere (with neg. verb); nothing

1

if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose

1

physical strength; muscle strength

1