jpdb beta

device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement

1

pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition

3

to scoop up; to dip up

2

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

5

sand, ash, etc., thrown in the eyes to blind someone; throwing something at someone's eyes to blind them; eye poke (in combat sports); eye-gouging

1

to spring at; to leap upon

5

to say goodbye; to bid farewell

2

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

1

to hang low (over; of clouds, fog, etc.); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind a curtain, blinds, etc.)

1

pitch-black; jet-black; strongly tanned; deeply sunburnt; sooty; black with dirt

3

lawn; grass; turf

1

decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)

1

stillness; rest; being stationary; standing still; coming to a standstill

1

fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind

3

abrasion; scrape; graze; paratripsis

1

monotonous

5

silver hair; gray hair; grey hair

5

handsome; shapely; clean-cut (features)

1

to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)

1

to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag

2

left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)

10

comminuted fracture

3

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

1

to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder; to nominate for a position; to choose as a representative; to take (someone) for a ride; to deceive

3

rucksack; sack

3

poisonous; venomous; hateful; detestable; gaudy; garish

1

fighting spirit; battle aura; combative spirit

1

startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch

2

rifle

2

to tear off; to strip off; to rip off; to rob (someone) of (clothes); to divest (someone) of (powers, rank, etc.)

2

firing line; caustic curve

4

hail of bullets

5

shooting from the hip; starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation)

1

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

11

black lustre; black luster

1

aircraft

4

striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving

2

imposing stance; daunting pose

1

trigger

3

battleship

14

run; race

1

archery; mapping; map; morphism

1

equipment

1

carrying aboard a warship

1

arms; weapon; ordnance

8

power; might; authority; influence

2

easily; readily; with ease; without trouble

2

world-destroying conflagration

3

machine gun

6

bursting and scattering; popping and being dispersed

3