jpdb beta

previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session

5

slight increase; marginal rise

1

Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production; 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides

1

itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification

1

contest; comparison; competition

1

to scan; to look over

1

anonymity; using an assumed name

1

there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?

1

erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty

1

sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor

1

sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question

1

negative; contradictory

1

gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation

1

composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement

1

charming; fascinating; attractive

1

stimulus; stimulation; impetus; impulse; excitement; thrill

1

going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob

1

now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

1

to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to smile sweetly (at); to look fondly (at)

1

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

3

shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

1

period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

2

baseball

1

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

1

material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick

1

second term; second stage

1

out (of a ball; in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit

1

looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference

1

to mind; to care; to worry

1

questionnaire results; survey results

3

point (of a story, argument, etc.); key point; point; site; point (in scoring); point (in a loyalty program); points

2

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

1

swing vote

2

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

1

to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

1

equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)

1

base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer

1

(distinction of) sex; gender

1

Internet

1

manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

1

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

1

writing; authoring

1

war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset

1

fall; decrease; knocking down; flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)

1

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to evade (question, subject); to ward off; to avert; to put aside

5

to breathe out; to exhale

1

last week; the week before

2

to have no chance (of succeeding)

1

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

1