jpdb beta

evaluation on an absolute scale

2

basis; foundation; core; criterion; standard

2

wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy

1

crusher; crasher

1

to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw

2

considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal

2

fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit

1

speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

3

fatal; deadly; mortal

1

more than anything; above all else

1

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

3

without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)

3

love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland

1

inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about

1

fame; reputation; renown

1

spacious; vast; wide

2

to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb

1

school grades; academic results

2

addition; adding; supplement

1

continuing one's education into high school

1

dream within a dream; (beyond) one's wildest dreams; entirely unrealizable dream; pie in the sky

1

thought; consideration; thinking

2

to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)

1

July; seventh month of the lunar calendar

3

number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

3

article; news story; report; account

2

public relations; PR; publicity; publicizing

1

bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

3

intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...

1

slave; servant; slavery

2

fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

1

to be misleading

1

reference; allusion

2

war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds

6

fundamental idea; basic concept

1

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

1

extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

1

elucidation; explicit statement; specification

1

in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away

1

to finish saying

1

one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume

1

from the beginning

1

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

7

arm; skill; efforts; ability

4

how-to (book); self-help book

1

dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now

1

mystery; something inexplicable; unfathomable (of a Buddha's abilities); 10^64 (or 10^80)

1

to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard

3

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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