jpdb beta

practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic

1

show; display; pretensions; pose; posture

1

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

1

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

1

opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

1

open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

1

show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

1

killing; murder

3

moment by moment; hour by hour

1

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting); probe; probing move

1

assassination

4

obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping

4

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

1

to become possible; to become able to (do)

1

suspicious person

1

sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again

2

summons; subpoena; citation; summoning (a spirit, demon, etc.); evocation; invocation

1

battle; fight; combat

5

to be reliable

1

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

16

heat wave; fierce heat

1

aspect; phase; condition; modality

1

(air) temperature

1

carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped

1

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

1

sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity

1

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

2

brimming with curiosity

2

reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

destruction of evidence

1

assassin

2

to send in

1

to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious

2

pinch; tough spot; bind; clothespin; clothes peg

2

that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you

1

to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)

3

(appearing, occurring) one after another

1

to ponder; to brood

1

unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome

1

to lend a hand; to help

3

to stagger; to stumble

1

dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail

1

to complete decisively; to do to completion

1

noisily (walking)

1

(moment of) departure; (upon) leaving; retirement

2

comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly

6

reply; answer

3

unfortunately; regrettably

1

to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place

1