jpdb beta

was

2

to meet; to greet

4

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

1

cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)

1

to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out

1

feeling ashamed; feeling of one's inferiority

1

one person; one member

1

my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!

5

lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)

2

to shrug one's shoulders

8

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

5

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support

1

passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle

14

way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression

2

perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that

5

doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness

2

as you can imagine; as imagined

1

encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)

5

same quality; same nature; homogeneous

1

to come back

6

unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident

1

many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous

2

meter; gauge

1

to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)

1

inorganic matter; mineral matter; cold; inhuman; robotic

1

to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade

2

to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

3

beyond that point; after that

3

another world

1

to lean against; to set against

1

light; bright; bright (colour); cheerful; bright; bright (future, prospects, etc.); rosy

3

blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe

1

to shed light; to cast light

1

torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight

2

to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale

2

descending staircase

1

blank space (in a document); blank; void; whitespace

1

zone; area; belt; region

1

to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished

2

beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future

2

to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher

2

abnormal; unusual; extraordinary; remarkable; uncommon

1

numerical value; figure; result; reading (on a meter, etc.)

1

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

6

showy; loud; flashy; gaudy

2

back; behind; rear

7

head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard

4

modern times; the modern age; this day and age

1