jpdb beta

behind one's back

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desk

1

to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

4

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

3

attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness

1

(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

1

shout of abuse; jeers; boos

1

traces of a moving light; trail (e.g. of a meteor)

1

to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

1

reflected light

1

with a momentary flash of light

2

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

1

to creep; to crawl

1

ice surface

1

to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)

1

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

1

right in front; just opposite; under the nose

1

to exchange gunfire; to exchange shots

2

stray bullet

1

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

8

prayer; supplication

1

to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone

1

monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

3

buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end

1

arm; skill; efforts; ability

1

(not) even for a moment

1

firefight; gun battle; shoot-out

1

(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)

1

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

2

force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

6

to draw or pull something towards oneself (e.g. chair)

1

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

2

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

3

gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight

1

hollow; mid-air; air; sky

1

to change way one holds something; to transfer something from one hand to the other

1

to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

1

oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!

1

shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream

2

shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try

4

(some) more; even more; longer; further

2

's house; 's home

1

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

2

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

3

invisibly; secretly; privately

1

to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat

3

rush; charge

3

(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

aha!; yes sir

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