jpdb beta

to hear a rumor; to get wind of

1

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

2

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

13

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

31

many thousands

1

great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago

1

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

5

United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England

1

-ness

1

lake (in place names)

1

Nessie (i.e. the Loch Ness monster)

1

very much; exceedingly; extremely

1

wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason

6

to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

1

romantic

2

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

2

older brother

1

footprints; record of page visitors (e.g. in social networking sites)

3

existing; living; extant

1

animal

2

certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)

13

that is to say; so that means

4

to escape; to run away

52

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

45

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

22

bottom; buttocks

1

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

10

pardon; forgiveness; forbearance

4

fortune; luck

1

tenth day of the month; ten days

1

snow; snowfall

2

to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)

1

grandpa; granddad

4

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy

2

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

14

salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation

3

all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly

1

to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

2

nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

8

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful

42

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

2

parents; both parents

2

scholar

3

fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization

1

excavation; exhumation; discovery (e.g. new talent)

1

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out

2

disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress

1

somewhere; anywhere; in some respects

6

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

1

special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial

6