jpdb beta

the very best; utmost

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

16

not caring; not giving a damn

3

outside

1

target; objective

1

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

1

to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

1

personal feelings; self-interest

1

feelings of guilt

1

accumulation; accumulate; store

1

individual technique (in team sports); individual skills; individual play

14

head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest

1

out of bounds; beyond the pale

1

to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss

1

foolish act; folly

1

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

2

to rely on

1

left; left hand side

5

trapezium; trapezoid

1

foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

1

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

4

McMann

1

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

5

onlooker; bystander

1

affectation; pretension

1

how far; to what extent

1

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

2

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

1

curt; blunt; brusque

1

answer; solution

2

whistle (sound made with the lips)

1

My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely

1

suddenly; abruptly; slowly; leisurely; deliberately

1

corners of the mouth

1

to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around

1

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1

total

1

to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility

2

load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

1

heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

2

strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature

1

unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

1

with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff

4

postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)

1

edge; brink; verge; time; moment of

1

to entrust; to leave to a person

1

to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire

2

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

4

frequent; continual; constant; great; intense; strong

3

withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction

3