jpdb beta

should do; ought to do

3

mankind; humanity

2

acquisition; possession

1

nature; property; disposition

2

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

5

-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...

5

tone (of voice); manner of talking

7

(not) one

3

to remain married for life

2

approval; endorsement

1

fanatic; fanatic believer; zealot

1

eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo

1

desperation; despair; self-abandonment

1

if I (we, etc.) could

3

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

2

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

3

both; (not) either

2

to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards

1

to do together; to share; to participate in

2

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

1

good and evil

2

transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above

1

man; male; masculine gender

2

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

3

hey; listen

1

genuine article; real thing; real deal

4

to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

2

long time; many years

1

attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

1

to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear

5

special skill

1

to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected

2

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

1

making different (comic) faces, esp. using small props

1

to unfold; to unroll; to open

3

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

2

here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now

3

first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank

7

light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms

1

that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family

5

to get used to hearing

1

to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up

3

singing range; register

1

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

1

to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

2

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

1

that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)

11

to date; as of now

1

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

3

-years-old

3