jpdb beta

gear; speed (e.g. 4-speed transmission)

1

giving an order

2

surmise (about somebody's feelings); guess; conjecture

2

communication

3

master; expert

4

speech; expression; wording; language

1

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

1

(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story)

1

collaboration; joint work

1

fate; chance

2

to be answerable (for); to take the blame

1

moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause

1

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

2

till just now

3

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

1

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

2

in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away

1

state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements

3

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

1

every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)

1

remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding

1

preparing to flee

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

6

raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; shortstop; short

2

altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced

3

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

2

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

6

taking the initiative

2

optical system

1

shooting; sniping

1

handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command

1

minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole

5

retaliation; revenge

1

several shots; several blows

1

the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all

1

glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling

1

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

1

to be smashed up

1

quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off

3

to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent

1

from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point

3

to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)

1

sky; air; mid-air

3

detestable; abhorrent; loathsome

2

a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)

4

nearest; closest

3

base (military, expedition, etc.)

4

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

3

arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war

2

to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down

2