jpdb beta

pessimism; disappointment

2

spoken language

2

to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

1

to be too late; to be too slow

2

singer

1

soundproofing

1

audience; attendance; hearers

2

to take away; to carry off

2

to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry

1

with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

2

mourning; abstinence; taboo; religious purification; pure; holy

1

on the street; around town; the world; the public

1

circulation; dissemination

3

murder; murderer

6

forty; 40

17

abduction and confinement (esp. unlawful)

1

unjust; inhuman

3

ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source

1

rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

6

(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning

1

deterrence; ability to deter (an attack, etc.)

1

primitive man

1

uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)

1

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

4

emerging; emergent

1

calculator; computer

1

great majority

1

physical law; laws of physics

1

anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

4

disjunction; logical sum; logical add; OR operation

1

logical product; AND operation; conjunction; intersection

1

round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations

1

search; quest; pursuit

1

prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant

1

to be embarrassed for a reply; to be at a loss for a reply

1

talkative person; gossip

2

on hand; readily available

3

to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent

3

in the end; at the end of the day

4

mistake; error; fallacy

1

finger marks; dirt from the hands

1

uncertainty; inaccuracy; incorrectness

1

to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined

2

paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement

3

doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

1

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

2

world order

2

to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against somebody; to play (a game, match, etc.) against somebody

1

one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural

1

ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited

1