jpdb beta

roots

1

theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor

4

the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...

212

God; god; ace; king; superior person

7

whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

1

you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...

92

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)

58

to shake one's head

2

pleasant; delightful; enjoyable; joyful; cheerful; amusing

2

appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

23

to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

15

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

1

almighty; omnipotent

1

to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

1

sea; ocean; waters

2

creation; Creation (by God)

3

land; shore

1

(a) few; some; several

4

life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood

2

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end

4

trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention

5

to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

1

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you

25

one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself

4

to distribute; to hand out

1

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

14

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

10

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

1

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

34

fragment; scrap; piece; shred

1

to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into

4

development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life

1

funny story; funny anecdote

2

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

1

in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically

2

all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent

1

each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

3

to gather; to collect; to assemble

5

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

8

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)

17

to follow; to conform; to apply to

4

road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)

37

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

19

my; our; one's own

2

with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

10

talent; ability

8

to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

1

general; popular; common; typical

2

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

3