jpdb beta

to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer

2

silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction

3

to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate

10

to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after

4

to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with

2

respect

1

savage; wild; unruly; to behave roughly; to get wild

3

many years; a long time

3

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

2

lady; gentleman; person

1

prayer; supplication

2

or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

1

helping hand; help; support; aid

2

to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)

2

idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression

2

to spread; to be propagated

1

so much; so; like that

3

anecdote; story; episode

2

remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude

1

definition

1

present continuous tense; present progressive form; ongoing; (currently) active; currently in progress

1

(deliberate) misinterpretation; distortion (of someone's words, etc.); contortion; perversion; disingenuous understanding

1

my; one's own; I ...; one ...

1

to dig up; to unearth; to uncover

3

to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die

2

extremely rare

1

what is called; what you call; what they call; so-called

2

to take over for (someone); to stand in for; to substitute for; to replace; to take the place of (something)

1

(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion

5

to imitate; to follow; to copy; to emulate

2

pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability

1

perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance

4

approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot

2

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)

2

occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development

5

swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning

1

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

2

even (e.g. even a child)

6

strictly speaking

2

it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...

1

nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-

1

spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence

2

eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning

3

plants; vegetation

2

to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope

6

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

87

street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)

4

to smile

5

to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)

5

indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

1