jpdb beta

pouch; accessory case

5

charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking

1

competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

1

heavenly voice; off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict

2

joke; jest; gag

4

to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled

1

at once; right away; promptly; quickly; right now; this instant

1

blue tarpaulin; blue plastic waterproof sheeting

2

cotton gloves; working gloves

2

catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

1

rustling; dry; rough feeling; rough (of a person); coarse; catching fish with a net

8

to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around

5

antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions

1

electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire

1

to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

4

to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about

9

coercive; overbearing

4

stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp

2

wooden floor

2

to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten

1

if it is (the case that ...)

3

state of emergency

2

to lie deep in; to extend far back

7

to tumble down; to roll down

7

(flower) vase

1

division of work; sharing out the work; splitting into groups (e.g. to search for someone); separating into parties

5

conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover

1

to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something

1

steep slope

2

distance; perspective; far and near; here and there

3

to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)

5

step; stride; counter for steps

8

dry wind

2

aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective

4

to be a background factor; to be an underlying reason

1

to spread one's wings

1

crow (Corvus spp.); raven

2

roof terrace; roof deck

1

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless

5

to knock down; to send flying

1

one after another; continuously; incessantly; in succession; by turns

1

coming flying in (of migratory birds, airborne sand, etc.); coming by airplane

1

to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate

5

flapping of wings; wingbeat; flap; flutter

1

didn't stir an inch; not stirring a muscle

4

snapping (e.g. branch)

1

inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round

2

watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)

6

desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern

1