jpdb beta

being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)

1

recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

1

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

1

parent and child

1

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

1

completely beating someone up; being completely knocked down; thoroughly bashing someone

2

(ship's) anchor; anchor (final runner or swimmer in a relay race); (news) anchor; anchorman; anchor (in HTML); link to a previous post (on a message board); anchor (soccer position)

4

fit; attack; spasm; ictus; paroxysm; seizure

2

worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst

2

ability to think up names; knack for naming things

1

a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward

1

to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

2

bow (of a boat); prow; stem; head

1

naval ram

2

primitive; original

2

laws of nature; physical laws; physics

2

romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance

2

that's so, however ...

1

divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century)

1

harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment

1

having in mind; happening to know (of); idea (of); inkling

1

to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

both (people); the two of them

1

manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something

1

fast-talking; rapid talking

1

countermeasure; counter-measure

1

to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

1

rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation

2

anchor

2

shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection

2

physical

2

to drag; to trail; to force (someone) along; to drag (along); to prolong; to drag out

1

to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple

1

temporary repairs

1

alloy

1

make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...

1

large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)

1

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

1

to be sacked; to be dismissed

1

armchair theory; impracticable plan; unworkable idea

1

to escape

1

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

1

imposingly; heavily; conspicuously; in a dignified manner

1

(saying) with one voice; unanimously; in chorus; in unison; as one

1

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

that is to say; so that means

1

to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

2

involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation

1

to glare at; to scowl at

1

class-A; A class; A grade

1