jpdb beta

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

1

unnecessary; not needed; not necessary

4

certain victory

1

to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught

3

at will

1

psychology

1

feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing

3

punching bag (boxing); training bag; sandbag

1

you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure

1

tedious; boring; being fed up with

5

master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy

1

essence; true nature; substance; reality

1

to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect

2

last days; the end; one's fate

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

4

profitable; lucrative

1

point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes

3

good gracious; oh my

1

volume (sound)

2

to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

3

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

1

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

11

half a point (esp. in go)

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock, etc.)

1

to watch steadily; to stare

1

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

1

defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)

4

elbow

3

jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)

4

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

to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face

2

to pinch; to nip

1

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically

11

to look towards

1

untiringly; persistently; without losing interest

1

solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition

5

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

12

big and round (eyes, shaven head, etc.)

2

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

1

charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

5

calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious

1

as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit

1

to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)

2

with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly

1

field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

2

to narrow; to reduce; to contract

2

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

3

numerical formula

3

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

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