jpdb beta

standard; criterion; norm; benchmark; measure; gauge

2

reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure

1

to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice

1

eighteen; 18

5

to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; (arch.) tear (in clothing, etc.); (arch.) rip; (arch.) split

1

came here; coming here; recently

1

cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying

1

terminus; last stop (e.g. train)

1

being the sole winner; beating everyone else; winner-take-all; mostly alone; mostly by oneself

1

tower

1

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

4

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)

1

to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit

2

to collapse; to flop (onto)

1

to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack

1

insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless

1

loss of strength; exhaustion; weakness

1

rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly

3

never again

3

satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)

1

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

1

all; everything

2

to come back

4

different person; another person; someone else; changed man

2

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

1

skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

1

to sniff; to smell

1

seven o'clock

1

daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period

1

basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)

1

criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation

1

to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference

1

clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress

1

looking for (a suitable thing or person); searching for; hunting out; picking out; shopping around for; searching (a place)

1

comparatively; relatively

2

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

street clothes

1

to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret

1

long-cherished desire; satisfaction (from achieving one's desire)

1

desire to tease; desire to cause mischief

2

to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow

2

to get in touch with

1

nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

1

reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason

1

sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic

1

contact; touch; contact lens

1

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

1

encouragement; cheering on

1

encouragement; incentive; stimulus

1