jpdb beta

complete destruction

1

scraps of seaweed; death at sea (metaphor)

1

to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

1

high waves; heavy seas

1

unconsciousness; having no recollection of one's actions

1

to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender

2

violent

1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

1

pebble

1

sea or river bottom

3

impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)

3

coffin; casket

1

one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that

1

survival rate

1

ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

1

death rate; mortality rate

1

100 percent

1

half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%

1

to disappear; to vanish

2

before one's eyes

2

stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

1

invading army

1

to sit silently at a meeting

1

to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous

1

white light; corona

7

switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering

1

(rock) crystal; high purity quartz

4

tone quality; sound quality

1

using as an intermediary; through

1

mobile telephone; cellular telephone

1

to wash away; to rinse off

1

what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...

1

raging stream; rapids

1

gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance

1

to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)

1

collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline

2

to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)

1

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

1

breakfast

1

dessert stomach; having room for dessert despite being full

1

between-meal snack; mid-afternoon (around 3 o'clock) snack; afternoon refreshment; afternoon tea

1

counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.

1

breaking off; snapping off

1

telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration

1

to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause

3

inferior goods; defective product; defective goods

1

way; method; means; (technical) specification

1

plan; design; layout

1

correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

5

throwaway; disposable; single-use

2