jpdb beta

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)

2

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

1

use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

2

to need; to call for; to require

1

half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage

1

lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship

2

independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted

1

tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person

1

to anticipate; to foresee

1

random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned

1

details; particulars

1

breathily (while talking)

1

settlement; solution; resolution

2

return; coming back

3

recovery; rescue; recapture

1

goodness; good

2

parachute

11

bringing; taking; carrying

1

to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of

4

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

1

lake

1

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

1

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

2

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

1

one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

1

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

1

this much; this amount

1

aerial tactics

1

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

1

sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

1

intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of

1

basis; foundation; grounds; authority

1

intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do

1

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

2

old body; aged person; elderly person

2

scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops

2

in very small pieces

2

popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

4

bid for popularity; publicity stunt

1

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

1

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

1

one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword

1

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

1

look of amazement; looking dumbfounded

2

fate; destiny

2

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

1

greatest ... in history

1

to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of

1