jpdb beta

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

3

to take hold of; to possess; to haunt

2

finite; limited

1

circle; ring; torus

1

to do (for someone)

1

to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

1

indispensable; essential

1

atomic; indivisibility

2

freedom; liberty

3

to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute

1

throwaway; disposable; single-use

1

even

3

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)

1

suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation

1

to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)

1

to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself

1

order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement

10

to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

1

single word; a few words; brief comment

5

body; physical system; (the) person

8

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

5

portion; section; part

11

backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

4

to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)

12

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

8

operation; calculation

6

uncertain; indefinite

1

key; lock; key (to a problem); clue

4

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

1

that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such

5

profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana

1

the very thing; itself

6

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

2

process; course; mechanism

3

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

4

before long

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

2

detectable; noticeable; recognizable; observable

1

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

1

pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask

2

hot water; hot bath

1

dregs; lees; grounds; sediment

2

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

2

oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally

3

in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)

3

enlargement; increase

2

day before yesterday

3

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

5

24 hours; twenty-four hours

1