jpdb beta

abrupt; sudden

4

boycott

1

underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

9

going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another

1

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

2

head with grey hair (gray); grey head

2

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

2

2nd day of the month; two days

2

span

1

wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza

2

petal

5

vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery

1

loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.

1

northwest

1

certainly; for sure; distinctly; clearly; firmly; tightly

1

to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

3

unprecedented; never seen before

2

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

2

vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

1

counterattack; slashing back; railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip

1

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

3

diversion; distraction; feint

1

finally; after; following; at the end (of)

2

purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

1

to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

1

covert action; covert operations

1

singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

2

to expose (a secret, scandal, etc.); to disclose; to uncover; to unmask

2

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

3

in fact

2

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

4

tactician; strategist; schemer; maneuverer

1

insight; discernment; perception; perspicacity; acumen

1

to finish reading; to read through; to figure out; to fully anticipate

3

inscrutable; unmeasurable; unpredictable

1

to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)

2

inflation

1

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

5

apology

1

command; command key

4

diversionary tactics

1

saturation; satiation

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

1

to beat the hell out of

4

counter for choices, options, etc.

1

elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out

1

spontaneous; voluntary

2

to stand on end; to bristle up; to be ruffled

1