jpdb beta

unexpected; surprising; unanticipated; strange; unforeseen

6

trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

1

to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times

1

spacious; vast; wide

3

pride; dignity; self-respect

1

to have both; to possess both; to combine with

1

to cease; to stop; to be over

1

to praise; to extol; to hail; to laud; to celebrate

1

to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable

5

to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure

2

sweeping victory; easy victory

1

to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish

1

to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki

1

obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race

1

smooth (i.e. without problems)

1

moving forward (e.g. of a vehicle); onward movement; progress (of work, activities, etc.); advance; progression (of a disease, global warming, etc.); progression (e.g. chord progression)

1

announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release

3

to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)

1

teamwork

1

high level

1

to reach; to get to; to arrive at

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

2

to dye; to colour; to color

1

ah; oh; hey!

1

with a bonk; with a thump; with a klunk; with a rap

2

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

4

anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity

5

elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress

2

to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy

1

flattery; compliment

1

overall; general; as a whole

1

raising (the standard)

1

huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion

3

precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close

2

to need; to call for; to require

1

inborn; innate; inherent; a priori

1

vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Scaphium affine)

1

acquired (e.g. characteristic); learned (e.g. behaviour); a posteriori

1

acquisition; possession

8

full

1

practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection

1

use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

1

remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful

1

to be the case that

1

perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly

2

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

1

to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience

1

to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by

2

technical skill; ability; capacity

1

final selection (in a competition, match, etc.)

3