jpdb beta

as if; as though

15

best-before date (on food); use-by date; expiry date; expiration date

1

to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own

1

rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework

4

children

2

to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter

18

self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others

1

dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly

1

unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very

4

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

2

pride; boast; credit (to)

10

sea turtle

5

department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family

2

hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata)

2

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

6

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

16

to pick up; to find; to gather

23

feeling

2

prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement

2

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

10

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

15

tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

3

social standing

4

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

29

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

2

to prohibit

1

persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency

9

Holstein; German cow race

1

uncivilized indigenes

1

emergency rations

4

unexpected meeting; coincidence

4

something like ...; something called ...

25

human speech

1

to look into; to peer in

15

blank column; blank space

2

to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

4

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

5

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

1

cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling

39

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

6

achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record

1

natural virtue; personal virtue

1

orange juice

3

grapefruit

2

Grapefruit juice

1

to be precocious; to be mature for one's age; to seem grown-up; to seem mature

1

drink; beverage

15

(cow's) milk

3

salt water; brine

3

monocotyledon; monocot

1