jpdb beta

advice; warning

1

to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

1

severe; hard

1

spiral; helix; screw

1

sphere; counter for balls

6

stone wall; dry wall; rocky cliff; stone precipice

3

to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up

1

to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class

1

rib; frame (of a ship)

2

pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase

4

steel trap; foothold trap; bear trap

1

pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

4

to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out

1

(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent

2

battle; game; bout

1

bluff

2

cavalry; mobility; maneuverability

1

tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act

1

rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt

1

to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path

1

to happen to have on hand or in stock

1

such; like that; in that way

1

particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

1

waterfall; (arch.) rapids

1

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

1

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

6

that; the matter in question

1

deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing

1

dependence; reliance

1

home page; horsepower; HP; half-pipe (i.e. in snowboarding); HP (i.e. a 'hit point' in a role-playing game)

6

to be worn down; to be reduced

5

heart-wrenchingly; with a thrill in one's heart

1

most suitable; optimum; optimal; best

1

protracted war; war of attrition

1

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

1

to insert; to include; to incorporate; to cut in (printing)

1

rear guard

1

sadistic

1

to be all smiles

1

remaining; left-over; excess

2

five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold

1

nonstandard; substandard

1

I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but

1

make no progress; remain unsettled

1

drawn-out (protracted) war or contest

2

continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring

1

to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head

1

pressure

1

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

7

to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

1