jpdb beta

adaptability; capacity to adapt; ability to adjust

1

to improve one's skill

1

to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice

2

profiting while others fight

1

to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

6

ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over

3

adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about

3

to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away

3

value; worth; merit; estimation; evaluation; appraisal

1

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

4

rare book

1

pain; ache; -algia

1

back of the hand

2

spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest

4

to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder

1

small stream; brooklet; murmuring (as of a stream)

1

steam whistle

1

one by one; in detail; minutely

2

anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest

6

to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)

1

cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware

1

motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination

1

can be easily guessed

2

worry; anxiety; concern

6

huh?; what's up?

3

quick-wittedness; tact

2

if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...

3

with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly

1

thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward

2

consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

4

so trifling; so trivial

1

one's troops

3

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

1

lack; deficiency; vacancy; absence; non-attendance

1

moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)

2

tank (of liquid); tank (military vehicle)

1

drilling

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

3

theft; stealing; larceny

2

reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for

1

branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways

1

blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end

2

branch road; branch path; fork road

1

being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity

1

not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special

1

production (e.g. play); direction

2

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

2

liquid

5

spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted

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