jpdb beta

pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern

1

vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

1

to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

1

to worry; to fret; to get anxious

1

to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself

1

now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

2

loss of memory; amnesia

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

2

idea

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

1

highest (e.g. floor); top; best; finest; supreme

1

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

1

delight; great joy

1

torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour

1

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

2

very great; enormous; serious

1

(suffering) damage; injury; harm

1

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

1

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

1

assistance; aid; support

1

to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)

1

winning over; placation; gentle persuasion

1

annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out

1

lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly

2

to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

1

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

1

surprise attack

3

being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)

1

to abandon; to throw away; to discard; to forsake

1

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

2

base (of a polygon); bottom (of the social scale); lower levels; base (e.g. of support); foundation

1

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

1

the former; the first

1

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

2

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

1

to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; (lit.) to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)

1

power relations; balance of power (between)

1

gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy

3

expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination

1

in order to do; for the purpose of doing; must; should

1

moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)

1

start; commencement; beginning; initiation

5

goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

4

supply; supplying; replenishment

1

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

1

large army

1

stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison

4

supply route; supply road; communications (military)

6

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

1

securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

1