jpdb beta

rapid-fire

2

heating; application of heat

1

gun barrel

2

to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far

1

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

1

end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part

3

to give a warning; to remind (a person) of

1

to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off

1

to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

1

stability; steadiness; equilibrium

2

some; several; many; how many; how much; very

1

preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding

2

mind and body

1

to use up; to squander

1

to collapse into; to flop onto

1

to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

2

hair's breadth

2

to end without incident; to not turn into something serious

1

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

1

to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle

1

liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

1

to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

2

the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

1

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

2

(pilot or driver's) seat; cockpit

1

frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed

1

to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor

2

blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke

3

to cheer (for)

1

meandering; winding

2

to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin

1

to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)

1

dullard; indecisive person

1

tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon

1

half-wit; fool; simpleton

1

stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness

1

having no choice; at a loss for what to do; at one's wits' end

2

to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone

1

speed

1

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

1

to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat

1

twice

1

worry; anxiety; concern

1

to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce

1

front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context

2

ruin; destruction; fall

2