jpdb beta

as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible

5

thumb; big toe

2

successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another

6

evasion; avoidance

7

guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

2

to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise

1

maintenance; preservation; improvement

4

day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)

1

abrupt; sudden

3

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

8

bingo

1

direct hit

1

invisibility

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

3

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

7

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

2

aggressor; invader

2

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

2

succeeding; following; trailing; next

4

regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to

9

threat; menace

6

to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver

9

lead (Pb)

4

ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet

1

parabola

1

trajectory; line of fire; ballistic

1

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

1

cancer

2

selection; choice; option

11

firing; discharge of gun

1

to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash

1

shock wave

2

immediately; right away; on the spot

1

opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access

3

rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive

4

backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind

1

signs of the enemy

5

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

1

maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision

1

wheat gluten (usu. steamed or baked)

1

firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship

1

there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

4

but; however; although

14

to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)

2

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

1

to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment

1

to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily

2

to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to

2

to bear; to endure

3

overshoot; explosive spread (of an infectious disease); outbreak

2