jpdb beta

see you tomorrow

5

preparations for returning (home)

3

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

4

modesty; humility; being humble

5

degree of familiarity; popularity

3

to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous

2

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

3

experienced person; person who has had a particular experience

3

yes it is!; it surely is; certainly

1

eternity; perpetuity; permanence

2

distant look; faraway look

9

provoking; rather annoying; (speaking ironically) darling

2

to get; to be given

3

to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone

3

major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued

1

origin; beginning; source; rise

1

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

9

(vengeful) ghost; specter; spectre

2

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

5

to be preeminent; to be outstanding

3

quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion

2

generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds

2

curse; spell; malediction

128

lately; recently; nowadays

6

secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

3

one large ...; a great ...

3

going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court

3

sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

4

common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known

3

contact; contact lens

1

care; precaution; guarding; caution

5

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

1

long; drawn-out; very long

3

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

9

curiosity; inquisitiveness

2

number of years

2

Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits

9

mishearing

3

development; exploitation

8

small fraction; small proportion

2

closely-guarded secret; top secret

4

to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)

1

going into a frenzy; flying into a rage

2

one's mental make-up (structure)

1

name; title

1

returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate

2

to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)

10

disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

4

one's last moment; one's death; one's end

9

column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude

1