jpdb beta

neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district

6

another thing; exception; special case

1

end; close; conclusion; termination

1

pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead

2

to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple

7

establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)

1

power; might; authority; influence

4

destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force

2

screw; screw propeller; screw

2

second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student; behaving in a way characteristic of teenagers going through puberty, esp. by being overly self-conscious; (lit.) 2nd year of junior high sickness

1

towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)

3

quick; nimble; agile; sharp; shrewd; smart

1

high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

3

limitation; restriction; condition; constraints

1

occupying (a position); holding (a spot)

1

abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender

1

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

1

counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter

1

measure; measuring tape; measuring

1

to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal

1

after efforts in vain

1

loading (a firearm)

1

to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)

1

temporary; transitory; short-lived

1

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

1

to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into

1

emergency ascent (submarine); emergency surfacing

2

to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

2

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

1

to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)

1

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

2

two o'clock

1

attack preparedness

2

admiration; wonder; astonishment

1

skill

1

one may well say so, but ...; even more than

1

guts

1

owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)

1

almost; nearly; close to

1

check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification

1

indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell

1

to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind

1

Pasadena, California

10

nimble; quick; agile

2

looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); search (e.g. on the Internet); retrieval (of information); reference

1

Killey; Killy

1

benjamin fig (Ficus benjamina); weeping fig; ficus

1

sailer

7

Christmas

1

coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency

1