jpdb beta

innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive

1

terrain; geographical features; topography

1

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

1

front part; fore; front

1

rear; stern

1

bluish purple

1

by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect

3

drastic; radical

1

joint; seam; joining point

1

total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects

2

to be tired of looking at

4

to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot

2

bad luck (result from fortune telling); evil countenance

2

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

1

that in itself; as such

1

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

3

escape; getaway; evasion

1

to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip

2

almost; nearly; close to

1

to play a hand game (e.g. rock, paper, scissors)

2

to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away

1

intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together

1

before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently

1

to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum

1

human intellect; knowledge

1

hollow; cavity; sunken place; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) female genitalia

1

timid; faint of heart

1

response; reply; answer; defence; defense

1

whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo

1

artery

1

laws of nature; physical laws; physics

1

isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation

1

to be muddy; to be slushy

1

to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in

1

nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter

1

bowling (esp. tenpin)

1

locking technique in judo

1

groggy

1

patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)

1

area of expertise; (one's) field; (one's) line

1

appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event

1

to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from

1

to hasten one's death

1

had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon

1

to be famous; to be celebrated; to be worthy of the name

1

tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic

1

to rhyme (with)

1

work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

4

freshness; novelty

4

viscera; bowels

1