jpdb beta

no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about

1

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)

5

marshland; wetland; swampland

2

one; same (mind, path, etc.)

4

nictitation; winking; palpebration; (arch.) moment; (arch.) instant; (arch.) second

4

ninja rope with grappling hook

1

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

1

(making, launching) concentrated attack (on, against)

1

conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)

1

conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption

1

revised edition

1

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

2

writing; authoring

1

to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy

1

desperation; struggle to the death

1

to lose heart; to lose motivation

2

god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper

6

dropout

2

scuttling (to escape in a panic, in shame, etc.); scurrying; scrambling

1

half-crying; being on the verge of crying

1

Boys (The Shirelles song)

1

baseball

4

recklessly; thoughtlessly; pamperingly; indulgently; shoo!; heave-ho; hallo

1

greatness is comparative; there is always someone better than you; there is always a bigger fish

2

baseball stadium; ballpark

1

stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp

1

to talk oneself hoarse; to shout oneself hoarse

1

heat shimmer; heat haze; shimmering of hot air

1

(sports) ground; (playing) field; playground; stadium

1

to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be

1

Q; q

2

mead; honey wine

3

rucksack; sack

1

crunch crunch; thud thud; tramp tramp

4

to appease one's thirst; to wet one's whistle

2

sense of inferiority; one's weak point

1

cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating

1

somewhat below; slightly below

2

to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label

1

(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly

1

(social) class; rank; grade

1

none of your business!; don't bother me!; keep out of it!

1

spiritual aspect; mental aspect; emotional aspect

1

blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole

1

to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)

1

meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence

3

typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model

1

violation

1

significant; useful; meaningful; worthwhile; valuable; of interest

2

to follow (someone's) example; to imitate; to copy; to learn (by observation)

1