jpdb beta

weak; feeble

3

annotation; explanatory note; comment

1

frail; slender; feminine

2

unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy

2

meaning; significance; sense

2

neighboring town; neighbouring town; adjacent town

1

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

3

great difference; major mistake

1

we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)

1

with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

2

to happen to meet; to come across

1

weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather

2

feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)

2

whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)

1

hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter

1

grandchild

6

careless person; scatterbrain; birdbrain; hasty person

1

now that you say that; now that you mention it

1

long ago; a long time ago; already

1

what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

2

to inherit; to succeed; to take over

2

what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...

1

friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement

1

the very thing; itself

5

gems and stones; wheat and chaff; wheat and tares; good and bad

6

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously

2

wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do

1

water well

4

rope

3

pet; trumpet

2

boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

2

if I (we, etc.) could

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

3

to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

2

several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number

1

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

2

crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)

1

fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity

2

among these; between these; of these; in here; in this

1

to be the case that

3

for this reason

1

slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble

1

anyhow; in any case

1

waste of time; killing time

1

old story; reminiscence

1

to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink

1

talent; ability

1

to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

1

unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled

1