jpdb beta

with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)

1

sorry; excuse me; thank you

8

next week

2

classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)

2

pardon; forgiveness; forbearance

2

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

9

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

1

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

5

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

3

trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

1

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

3

quarrel; dispute; argument

1

to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

1

to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)

4

participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest

1

(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)

4

if you insist (on it)

1

100; hundred

1

10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication

1

step; stride; counter for steps

1

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

1

this time; now

21

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

2

finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little

14

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

2

together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

10

second best

1

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

2

proposal; proposition; suggestion

2

treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like

3

who

10

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

6

just one person; only one

1

blood relationship; blood relative

1

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

5

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

2

via; through; by doing; by means of; using

1

ah; oh; hey!

14

seven

7

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

10

prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement

1

immediately; right away; on the spot

2

disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

1

new; fresh; novel

4

participation; joining; entry; adherence

7

declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression

1

to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)

2