jpdb beta

flickering; blinking

9

without the least difference; exactly; perfectly; to the inch

2

copy (of the real thing); copying; reproduction; tracing

1

strength; power; proficiency; ability

8

20 percent

3

consumption; expenditure

6

ten percent

1

nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

1

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

1

to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)

5

trial and error

2

to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own

1

imitation; copying

3

perfection; thoroughness; consummation

1

to wet; to moisten; to dampen; to soak; to dip

3

to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse

2

to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out

1

to hate; to dislike

3

anyhow; in any case

4

otherwise; or else; if not

1

underground; subterranean

5

sediment; earth and sand

2

to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)

5

to roll up; to be rolled up

5

sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered

2

sandstorm; noise (video); snow

1

trivial; not amounting to much

2

to push away; to push aside; to shove

1

some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

2

evasion; avoidance

2

to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip

1

pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls

1

to be completely still

2

to have one's fun spoiled; to have one's enthusiasm dampened

1

triple feature (e.g. movie)

1

postponement; deferment; extension (of time)

4

gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

2

to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away

2

as ... as one can; as ... as possible; as much as possible

5

splint; brace; epithesis; splice; support (e.g. for a plant); prop

3

bashful; shameful; ashamed

1

laying one's head in someone's lap; using someone's lap for a pillow

1

to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear

4

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost

6

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

2

ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill

4

scholar

2

dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion

1

every one; each

1

crushing

1