jpdb beta

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

3

to strain (e.g. one's nerves); to be on edge; to be tense (of an atmosphere); to cover completely (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.); to spread over; to become covered (in)

2

to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated

1

one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time

1

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

1

fatal; lethal

1

repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly; again and again; continually

1

lacking skill; uninspiring; unexciting; dull; unrefined; boring (from being too plain)

1

seeing (with the naked eye); observation; visual inspection

1

conjecture; guesswork; guess

1

liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

1

today; this day

1

highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)

1

telling blow

1

endurance contest; test of endurance

1

endlessly; continuously; (going) on and on; meandering; winding; sinuous

1

alternately; by turns

1

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

1

that's a different matter; that's a different story

1

decision; settlement; confirmation; establishment

1

position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase

2

how many hours

1

exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin

1

to play one's trump card

1

as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive

1

last resort

1

random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue

1

trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support

2

substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)

2

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; virtue; benefit

1

deployment; spreading out; dispersal

1

to nod to one another

1

to part left and right; to open out

1

alternately; by turns; one after the other

1

to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits

1

omen; sign; notice; indication

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

4

to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl

1

every direction

2

preservation; retainment; keeping

1

just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of

1

(doing things at) one's own pace; (doing things) one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)

1

waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away

1

trivial; not amounting to much

1

lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means

2

course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic

1

second half; latter half

2

offense and defense; offence and defence

1

objective

1

mimetic muscles

1