jpdb beta

striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around

1

frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

1

regulation; adjustment; control

1

chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness

1

probable; likely

1

large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

5

confused fight; free-for-all; melee; close contest; close match

2

elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

2

threat; menace

6

formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy

5

rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)

1

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

1

to tremble

1

to face each other; to be opposite one another; to be in opposition; to conflict

3

jump; leap; skip; bound

3

bullet; shot; shell

2

separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation

1

small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature

13

(particle) accelerator

13

compressed air

3

acceleration; speeding up

8

to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously

1

terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

2

speed; velocity; pace; velocity

11

charge; rush; dash; assault; attack

8

lower tier; lower step; lower column; low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

3

arrow; wedge; chock

2

like; as if; the same as

1

to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at

7

sandstorm; noise (video); snow

3

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

1

glare; sharp look

1

dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency

1

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

3

dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

3

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

2

underwater

3

to throw into

1

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

2

with energy; vigorously; cheerfully; assertively; lustily

1

slowly; sluggishly

1

to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip

2

sweeping sideways; mowing down

8

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

2

direct hit

3

in succession; one by one

6

retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)

4