jpdb beta

to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten

1

flexibility; elasticity

1

magic number

1

average value; mean value; mean; expectation

1

colourful; colorful; multicoloured; various; varied; variegated

1

to be lacking in options; to be too few

2

restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

5

Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation

1

cards in one's hand; one's hand

1

among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)

3

cooling; refrigeration; cooling down (of a political conflict, etc.); calming down

2

approximation; having a close resemblance

1

absolute zero

1

individual; specimen

1

difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)

1

seeing; looking at

1

important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)

1

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness

1

to take by surprise

3

tactics; strategy

3

absolute

1

to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

1

disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation

2

to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)

1

orthodox school

1

influenced (by); under an influence

1

to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise

2

exceedingly; extremely; decisively

1

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

1

basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally

3

tactics

1

particularly; only; in the case of

1

in hand; on hand; on one; handheld

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

the same; the said; likewise

1

to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune

1

advice

2

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

1

to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded

1

humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits

1

occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when

3

immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt

1

measurement

3

to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again

2

palm (of the hand)

1

to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession

1

with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay

1

unladylike; unbecoming; immodest; unthinkable; impossible; ridiculous

1

half-nakedness

1

measuring; measurement

2