jpdb beta

oracle; revelation; divine message

11

watershed; divide; turning point; watershed (moment); moment of truth

3

but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just

3

good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory

2

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

2

ruin; destruction; fall

7

weakening

5

temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory

1

to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

2

this year

4

not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling

3

next year

1

slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)

1

whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself

11

objective; aim; mark

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

5

never mind!; don't worry about it

1

to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam

1

total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale

1

embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile

1

partner; pal; accomplice

2

to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with

3

reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising

2

to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort

3

quick-eared

1

daughter

1

taste; flavor; flavour

1

thank you very much

1

merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper

2

simple; plain

2

Alice in Wonderland (novel by Lewis Carroll); Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

1

coordinate; co-ordinate; matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours); coordinated outfit (clothes and accessories); ensemble; coordinates (items of clothing, furniture, etc. designed to be used together)

1

construction; architecture (of buildings)

1

pigment; paint; colour; color

2

gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees

2

enemy nation

4

many years; a long time

2

cease-fire; truce; armistice

1

between both countries; bilateral

1

production; output; turning out; extraction (e.g. of minerals)

1

unscrupulous business practices; fraudulent business practices; crooked business practices

1

subject; theme

1

to be able to manage somehow or other

1

scene; sight; scenario; setting

1

sanity; consciousness; soberness

1

work of art; artwork; objet d'art

1

acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)

1

marital relationship; marital relations

1

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

3