jpdb beta

teacher; instructor

1

terrain; geographical features; topography

4

advantage or disadvantage

1

interference; intervention; meddling

4

to collide; to clash

6

potential; latent faculties; potential capacities

1

gear

3

to throw up (e.g. mud); to splash (up); to flip up; to tip up; to raise sharply (e.g. prices); to hike

1

arm wrestling

1

wind pressure

4

to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze

2

wonder; miracle; amazement; prodigy

1

uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)

1

inefficient

1

to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender

1

master; expert

3

powered exoskeleton (esp. in SF); power suit

1

extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)

1

simplification (character, hair-style, etc.); unbalancing an opponent

1

gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)

3

best; ideal; perfect

1

way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!

1

tipsy; pleasantly drunk; mellow; entranced; enchanted; captivated

1

rīchi; riichi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from victory (or success, etc.)

2

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops

1

to have both; to possess both; to combine with

1

to assist; to help out

2

(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain

2

obvious; transparent

2

liquid nitrogen

2

freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)

2

explosives

2

low temperature

2

brittleness

1

battery; cell

1

durability

1

to be a problem

1

just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...

1

record high; all-time high

2

plosive sound

3

purging (data); purge (esp. of public officials)

2

sweeping sideways; mowing down

1

state of mind; mentality; psychology

1

blind spot (on the retina); blind spot; weak point; loophole

3

to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic

1

hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt

1

atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)

2

heedless of danger; braving dangers

1

to be insolent; to be arrogant; to be impudent; to be rude

1

already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast

2