jpdb beta

curio; antique

1

to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper

1

insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint

3

person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager

2

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

1

to emit; to spout; to spurt; to boil over

1

chaff

2

inland

2

to turn towards; to point

4

skill

1

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

1

to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success

2

fighting bravely; strenuous efforts

1

straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank

5

remote region; frontier (district); border(land)

2

distinction; discrimination

2

archery; mapping; map; morphism

1

azimuth

1

home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)

1

counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets

2

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

2

six o'clock

2

heat source

4

body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field

11

fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way

6

on the sea; surface of the sea

3

entry; approach; penetration

5

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

2

you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)

1

defense; defence; safeguard; protection

5

network

3

the late; the deceased

3

blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)

11

exceeding one's authority; abusing one's legal authority; ultra vires activities

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

1

beyond this point; from now on; after this

2

trend of the times; way things are going

2

stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause

1

(political) purge

5

anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly

3

mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly

5

violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism

3

inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class

1

conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption

1

to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed

1

consequence; outcome; result; blame

3

because of; owing to; due to

3

thereupon; shortly thereafter

4

to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

3