jpdb beta

hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression

1

sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic

1

to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

2

time; years

1

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

1

steel frame; steel beam; steel girder

8

halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked

2

to have a narrow escape from death

1

heat source

2

darkness

1

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

1

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

1

to devise a plan; to work out a plan

1

to fight with swords; to cross swords

1

difficult to speak about

1

with all one's strength; with all one's might

2

slow; weak-headed

2

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

2

to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in

1

iPad

3

schedule; program; programme; itinerary

1

to trample; to crush underfoot

3

steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control

11

drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)

1

periscope

2

dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops

1

luckily

1

sound collection

3

Oh no; Oh dear

1

of all people

1

improper; immodest; disgraceful; shameful; vulgar; low

1

next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to

2

to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust

2

the end

1

bye-bye; good-bye; see you; saying goodbye; parting

1

machine gun

1

mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)

1

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

2

of tender years; very young

1

gunner

3

telescope

1

women and children

1

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

1

exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)

1

indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

1

to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

1

with gusto; with wild abandon; enthusiastically; energetically

1

indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation

1