jpdb beta

caustic words; defiant words

1

fire fighting; fire department; fire brigade; firefighter

1

crew member; crewman; crew

1

frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly

1

to pull down

1

desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern

1

to race against time

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hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic

2

mini-; miniskirt

2

human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness

1

leadership

2

shorts

1

cookie; biscuit; cookie; browser cookie

14

giving two or three light tugs (or pushes); (arch.) worrying about; (arch.) moping; (arch.) suddenly angry; (arch.) feeling a surge of anger

1

pile; pool; gathering spot; waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring; liquid runoff from miso preparation; tamari

1

motion

1

transport staff (driver, conductor, etc.); crew member; crewman

2

embarrassed; ashamed

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to come back (to); to return to a starting point

1

lifesaving

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practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai

2

stretcher; litter; gurney

1

simple; simplified; easy; plain

1

still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less

1

whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; (arch.) deftly finishing up; (arch.) putting on the final touches

1

unmanageable child; spoiled child (spoilt); spoiled brat

2

irresponsibility

3

alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; perversion (esp. sexual)

1

nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than

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to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself

1

police van; paddy wagon; prisoner transport vehicle

8

dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest

2

to change one's way of thinking; to switch the direction of one's thoughts; to put one's focus on a new subject; to adopt a new frame of mind

1

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

1

as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for

1

starring (in a film, play, etc.); playing the leading part

1

actress; female actor

1

rocket; locket

5

to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close

2

the atmosphere

4

damage; breakage

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in orbit

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driftwood; flotsam

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debris

82

installation (esp. software)

1

booster

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

4

reentry

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(outer) space

2

space debris; space junk

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