jpdb beta

child

1

axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

2

system

8

construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

1

children

1

easy; simple; plain

1

to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go

1

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

1

to give a reason

1

tendency; trend; inclination

1

year by year; annually; every year; from year to year

1

on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture

2

custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example

4

Pope

74

king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne

1

breakdown; rupture

4

turmoil; chaos; confusion

3

to learn by hearsay

3

and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

1

this and that; one thing or another

1

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

5

passenger

2

to go down and stand; to alight; to get down

2

royal palace

1

atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere

4

to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)

2

center; centre; metropolis

1

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

1

suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort

3

to grasp tightly

1

stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place

1

several people

4

lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising

1

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

3

presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation

2

in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing

1

to go up the stairs

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

2

dining together; mess

2

tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded

1

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

4

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by

1

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

1

empty stomach; hunger

1

in that manner; like that

1

to be fickle; to be frivolous; to be flippant; to be flighty; to be giddy; to be restless

1

lifework; life's work

1

be (that) as it may; having said that

2

old couple; elderly couple

1