jpdb beta

quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking

1

moonlight; moonbeam

1

immediately; right away; on the spot

1

to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

4

very easily

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

6

white sand

1

east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

2

solitary island; isolated island

1

steadily

1

of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant

1

nature; disposition

1

by all means; at all costs

5

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

3

carefully; closely; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length

1

w-sitting; duck sit; sitting position with both knees bent outward and buttocks flat on the floor

1

to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk

2

peacefully (sleeping); quietly; soundly

1

whether or not

1

to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)

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

3

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

1

adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

2

blue; azure; green; pale (facial color); gray; unripe

1

to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated

1

to become calm (of the wind, sea, etc.); to die down

1

almost every day; almost daily

1

this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type

1

scheduled date; expected date; date a baby is due; expected delivery date; due date

3

August; eighth month of the lunar calendar

8

ash; ashes

1

class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate

3

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

2

equal (distribution, treatment, level, etc.); even; uniform

1

division into groups; separation into classes (e.g. of schoolchildren according to ability)

1

versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing

7

goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball); finish line; finishing line; reaching the finish line; finishing (a race)

9

to aim at

11

sphere; globe; orb; ball

15

parabola

3

to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun

3

free throw

2

mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event

1

B; b; basement floor (as in B1F)

1

order; turn

6

to count; to enumerate

3

throw; throwing; throwing event (e.g. javelin, discus, shot put)

2

three-point line (in basketball)

3

scoring; score; points made; marks obtained; goals; runs

4

product liability; profit and loss; P&L

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