jpdb beta

forty; 40

1

divide into four pieces; one fourth

2

end; edge; tip

1

increment; amount of increase

1

desperate; hopeless

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

1

to have an eye on; to zero in on

1

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

1

is there anything else?

2

to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

3

beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn

1

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

6

present; gift; to give a present or gift

4

to lend a hand; to help

2

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded

1

forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding

1

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style

1

apology

2

threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)

3

in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

1

convenient

1

explanation; interpretation

1

absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another

2

to get change back; to be more than enough

1

look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

2

forevermore; for eternity

1

law; rule

3

when; at what moment; what time

1

one day; (on) a certain day

5

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

1

unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom

4

halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

5

shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation

2

decrease; reduction; decline

1

number of times; frequency; count

1

twice

4

individual; separate; personal; case-by-case

1

here; with this

3

to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over

1

eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg

1

either way; in any case; one way or another

1

to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with

5

15; fifteen

6

warp (fictional faster-than-light spacecraft propulsion)

1

to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate

1

lucky; fortunate

1

to happen to pass by

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to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly

2

sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

1