jpdb beta

jump; leap; skip; bound

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to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided

1

to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort

1

scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation

1

to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish

1

same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous

1

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)

1

terrible; dreadful; tremendous; terrific; appalling; shocking

1

jet; spray; emission; rocket propulsion; jet propulsion

1

by means of; due to; because of; according to

2

weight

3

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

1

meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly

1

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

2

ha ha ha; hee hee hee

1

just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...

1

to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

1

to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off

2

myth; mythology

1

demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible

1

to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish

1

to understand from experience

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and; and then; thus; and now; and finally

2

to wrap up

1

to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...

1

expansion; swelling; increase; growth

1

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

1

in very small pieces

1

to burst open; to split open; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound

1

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier

4

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

1

to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out

1

starting point; origin

1

push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness

1

to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand

1

astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock

1

waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath

1

right behind; just behind; directly behind

1

to fly; to race away; to vanish; to disappear; to rush over; to hurry over

1

front; frontage; facade; main

1

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

1

to collapse; to flop (onto)

1

at times; occasionally

2

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

1

instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for

2

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

1

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

1

vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump

1

lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

2

to win; to gain victory

2