jpdb beta

modesty; humility; being humble

1

practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection

1

adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach

1

mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert

2

to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over

3

pride; dignity; self-respect

5

glory

1

front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)

3

someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)

1

to use up; to exhaust; to wear out

2

empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless

1

to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

2

territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action

1

to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into

3

two people alike; two of a kind; kissing cousins; two people cut from the same cloth

1

this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now

2

results (of a study or investigation)

1

to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)

2

slaughter; massacre

1

same type; same model; isomorphism; homotypy

1

soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost

9

to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)

1

application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment

2

point of action (e.g. of a lever)

2

force field

43

dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

2

constant; invariable; chronic; everlasting

2

to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

1

to call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

1

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

2

head; brains; intelligence

1

isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine

1

pressure; force

3

it seems so; that's what it looks like

1

to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

2

in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another

2

may I ask (for); might I ask (that)

1

amplifier

4

head; brains; intellect; understanding

2

to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)

1

cheekbone; zygomatic bone; malar bone

2

losing weight; slimming; lean person

1

figure; body shape; build; physique; form

1

to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone; (arch.) to lower (one's head, gaze, etc.)

2

uh-oh; oops; sorry

1

to know (someone); to think; to believe

1

judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

1

the relation of master to servant; homage; master-slave relationship

1

awe; fear; dread; fright

4

to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at

3