jpdb beta

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

1

to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target

1

mutual enemies

1

medium size

21

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

4

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

2

to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking

1

activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor

1

opening to the public; making available to the public; exhibiting; unveiling; release (of a film, information, etc.); disclosure

1

battlefield; battleground

2

throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction

2

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

3

military gains; war results; fruit of battle

1

before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them

5

forcefulness of speech; influential voice

1

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

3

(political) power; authority; influence

2

to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to be helpful

1

to do as one likes

2

habit (usu. a bad one); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

3

congratulations!; well done!; best wishes!; all the best!

1

blowing one's top; losing it; flipping out

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

3

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

5

supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

1

counter for birds or rabbits

1

to fan (oneself, flames, etc.); to flap (in the wind); to instigate; to stir up; to drive up prices (by buying a large amount of something); to take a photo from a low angle; to tailgate

4

some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")

1

snake; serpent; large snake

1

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

1

arm lock; armlock

1

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

1

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

6

further; above (that); greater (than that); any more

2

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

4

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet

2

to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

1

steering a warship

1

technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

3

ability; faculty

7

to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave on one's liver

1

by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)

3

sweets (desserts, candy, etc.)

1

relish; gusto; appreciation

1

no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter

1

to do

3

this evening; tonight

2

dim; dusky; gloomy

1

desire for revenge; vengeful thoughts

1

to keep to oneself; to keep secret

1