jpdb beta

ascertainment

1

virtue

2

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

1

had better ...; had better not ...

1

cadet

1

birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin

2

if one is unlucky; if one is careless

1

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

1

chain; chains

4

close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

4

to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

1

interest (in something); enthusiasm

1

important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency

1

living thing; organism; creature; biology

2

to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

2

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

3

outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state

5

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

1

to make an appeal; to urge

1

cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless

1

to make sense

2

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

1

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

1

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

4

capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment

1

death penalty; capital punishment

1

to divulge one's true feelings; to open one's heart

1

stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule

1

to leave the room

1

very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded

1

story; tale; talk; discussion

1

dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar

16

welcome party

3

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

1

to clear away; to remove; to demolish

1

you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber

1

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling

2

group work

1

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

1

consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness

1

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

1

solitude; loneliness; isolation

2

from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because

1

to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle

1

less than ...; smaller ...

1

first impression

2

(and) many others; extras (in a film)

1