jpdb beta

accomplice; cohort

3

motive; incentive; motif

4

arms buildup; military expansion

1

to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into

1

to knock down; to knock out

2

per capita; per person

3

to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)

1

out of place artifact; OOPArt

2

nation building

1

tungsten (W)

11

bullet (from a rifle)

42

varistor; barista; barrister; ballista

8

gunpowder; powder

12

had better do so

1

reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution

5

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

4

town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area

3

Taurus; torus

1

to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye

3

rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance

23

to smash; to break

5

to be scared

1

to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in

4

languidly; loosely

1

to hang down (from); to dangle; to be within one's reach; to dangle (before one's eyes); to be completely reliant on; to be entirely dependent on

1

to throw away

1

any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin

5

dum-dum ammunition

2

splatter (film)

1

busy; having no (free) time

1

back gate

3

to suffer an embarrassing defeat

11

charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity

4

potato (Solanum tuberosum)

11

stagecoach

7

sewer; sewer system; sewerage; drain

2

stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place

1

my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!

1

brown rat (Rattus norvegicus); common rat; dark grey (colour, color); dark gray; secret evil-doer

1

unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous

2

one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

4

low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant

2

to make a speech; to address

1

(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

1

I; me; self-centered man; egotistical man; pompous man

26

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

1

to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.); to deride; to scoff at; to make fun of

2

foil; someone to look as if he's putting up a fight but actually have no chance of winning

2

cerebral stroke; apoplexy

2

to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

2