jpdb beta

bet; wager; stake; gamble

11

reservation; putting on hold; deferment

2

heating power; thermal power; firepower

4

beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism

1

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

48

negative emotions; negative feelings

5

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

3

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

4

to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out

1

razor

1

transmission; propagation; spread; circulation; diffusion; dissemination

3

below a cliff

1

to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain

8

in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely

5

benefactor; patron

7

to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)

1

metallic sound; metallic clank

6

yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration

30

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

49

base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source

6

to flutter (e.g. a flag)

8

ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)

12

finally; in the end; on top of all that

2

attitude to life; form of existence; way of life

5

before one's eyes

16

to hold something reverently with both hands

3

shell; cannonball

11

Hameln

2

Capon

1

dripping; trickling; drop by drop; (arch.) (moving) slowly

2

squeak; cheep; slurp; sucking noisily; mouse

1

seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause

16

focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving

2

round and cute (esp. of eyes)

1

harmless

3

flute; fife; pipe; whistle

2

to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound

8

transverse flute (e.g. a fife)

1

closeted maiden; carefully-raised girl from a well-to-do family

2

nose

32

twitching

3

light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms

2

rhythm

3

heart

7

model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)

35

dome

1

with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor

1

board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board

13

x-mark

4

curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)

2