jpdb beta

jump; leap; skip; bound

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in succession; one by one

3

prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot

1

wandering (around); roaming; loitering; prowling; hanging around

2

slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out

2

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

2

to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)

1

groan; moan; growl; snarl; hum (e.g. of a motor); buzz

1

to understand from experience

1

(wielding) dual swords (esp. in fiction); twin swords; pair of Chinese straight swords wielded simultaneously (oft. sharing a single scabbard)

1

to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum

2

back; rear; background

1

weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly

1

followers; hangers-on

1

coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane

1

sniper rifle

1

Athena (goddess); Athene

1

sharp; keen; acute

2

magic bullet; magic bullets

3

precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close

1

sniper

1

to take someone's life; to kill someone

1

accurate; correct; precise; exact

3

eye of a needle

1

to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)

1

cover; covering; covering (a song); cover; coverage; to cover (a loss)

2

blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space

1

field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons

2

judgment; judgement; discernment

2

deed; act; work; performance

1

outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer

1

preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence

1

innate ability; innate talent; natural gift

1

in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to

2

rising rapidly (e.g. prices, popularity); soaring; skyrocketing; going through the roof

1

to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice

1

to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)

1

to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by

2

diversion; distraction; feint

3

prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)

1

to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid

1

posterity; future generations; future life

1

historian

1

certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly

1

to shift; to move; to slide; to move (an appointment, meeting, etc.); to bring forward; to put back

1

to sigh; to breathe a sigh

1

right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead

3

(in) secrecy; behind closed doors

1

to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

1

dark green

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