jpdb beta

nuance

1

integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance

4

full operation

2

answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

5

competitor; rival

1

to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher

4

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

3

one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

1

staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

2

to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)

5

to shake one's head (in denial)

3

of late; lately; this part; this point; here

1

familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by

2

legal; lawful; legitimate

1

illegal; unlawful

3

sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship

3

having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense

1

client

1

elegant; refined; polished; high-quality goods; first-class article

2

gentleman

1

adversary; opposition; hostile forces

2

to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants

1

who the heck; just who

2

area fill (in printing); half-tone dot meshing

1

there's no knowing; there's no telling; it's anyone's guess; who knows?

1

of no interest; not interested

3

ah; oh; hey!

1

situation

1

speaking of; (I told you) already; come on

4

inter-scholastic athletics competition

1

entry (event, competition, etc.); applying for entry; registering to participate; entry (blog, database, etc.); post

1

school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs

4

collation; examining and comparing

1

proxy; representative

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

8

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

2

to hesitate; to waver

4

apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

3

counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter

1

staff; member (club, society, etc.)

15

preparation; arrangements

1

bronze statue

1

excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home

1

blond hair

7

beautiful maiden; beauty

2

standing upright; standing straight; standing erect; rising perpendicularly; rising straight up; towering high

1

hot water; hot bath

1

to drag in; to pull in

2

proximity; nearness; soon; nearby

1

the person in question; the person themselves; said person

4