jpdb beta

watch-keeping; guard; lookout

1

sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air

8

more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time

1

mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit

1

flush; blush

3

with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle

2

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

1

to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up

1

there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of

1

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt

1

wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face

1

pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)

1

to fall into ruin; to be desolated

1

hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest

1

shade of a rock

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard

1

neigh; whinny; bray

1

to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

3

end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part

5

curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar

2

almost; nearly; close to

1

Chinese whispers; telephone (game)

1

to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply

1

defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse

1

to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew

1

quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon

1

view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook

1

square; rectangular

2

unconsciously; unwittingly; unawares

2

relaxation (e.g. of muscles); becoming flaccid

1

eagle (Accipitridae family)

6

to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)

1

many; much; plenty; hardly

1

overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

1

passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

2

revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)

1

shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

2

birds of prey (of order Falconiformes or Strigiformes); raptors

1

ratio; proportion; match; equal; explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); Philippines

2

sudden drop; sharp fall; nosedive; swoop

1

intercept; interception; counter-attack

2

claw; talon

2

example; simile; metaphor; allegory

5

to cut at; to slash at

1

to escape

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

2

opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

2

demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed

1