jpdb beta

was; were

4

and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing

1

to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

2

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

1

shoplifting; shoplifter

30

star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star

1

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

7

calling on; visiting

1

to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)

2

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

3

bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly

2

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work

11

well; now; then

2

suffix for familiar person

2

indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

60

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

4

I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that

6

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

1

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become

8

to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage

7

right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?

11

long time; long interval; for quite some time

1

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago

2

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

11

hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo

38

sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

1

I; me

18

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

29

here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...

4

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)

10

to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away

2

person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

4

to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)

4

girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman

2

to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)

13

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

1

only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to

5

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately

1

mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity

1

ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only

2

thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery

1

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

3

wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

1

lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb

2

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!

10

to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base

2

how; in what way; how about

6

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

10

very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave

1