jpdb beta

tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

1

to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out

1

to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)

2

capsule

2

end; tip; extremities; rank and file; part of an organisation furthest from the centre

4

booster

1

attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull; attractiveness; magnetism

1

gliding (through the air)

14

at full speed; (at) full tilt; headlong; impetuously; precipitately

6

glider

3

spray of snow (smoke-like)

3

beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe

1

to be extinguished; to be exterminated; to cease completely

1

modifiable; changeable; updateable

1

age of a tree

1

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

1

being settled; coming to a conclusion

1

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

8

to be responsive; to show immediate results

4

Czayka

42

to mistake (A for B); to misread

10

acute ear; good ear

2

warm feeling; (feeling of) warmth; sense of temperature; thermoception

1

attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment

5

nonetheless; nevertheless; but; (and) yet

3

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

4

hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky

3

to distinguish; to discern; to make out; to tell

3

quick; prompt; alert; smart; clever; astute

1

three sides; small offering stand

11

back row; last row; rearmost row

4

pholcid spider (any spider of family Pholcidae, esp. species Pholcus crypticolens); harvestman; daddy longlegs

1

ice sculpture

1

fault; defect; minor; 5-point card; short

6

List of gun-launched missiles

4

up in a tree; in the trees

4

airborne troops; paratroops

6

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

1

rarely; seldom

6

instruction; teaching

7

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

2

detailed instructions

1

minute adjustment; fine-tuning

3

compatibility

1

aptitude; aptness; suitability

1

rancher; cattleman; person who owns or runs a ranch

2

to turn off power

2

to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself

2

gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight

2

to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance

2