jpdb beta

simple; straightforward; problem-free; hopeless (person); impossible; the end

1

given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this

1

not worth considering; out of the question

1

not having enough workers; being understaffed; having nothing one can do about something; having no options; no reason not to ...; can't afford not to

1

fraud

2

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge

1

counterattack; slashing back; railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip

1

graduate

1

communications within a small range

1

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

1

crime; criminal act; offence; offense

1

fire; conflagration

1

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

3

advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)

1

cost; expense

1

approach run; run-up

2

rush (of people or activity); rush (sudden forward motion); rush hour; rushes; dailies

1

toward the end

1

to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse

1

everything; all

1

midwinter; dead of winter

6

seasonal

1

off-season flowering

2

snow; snowfall

1

test of one's strength; test of one's ability

1

to flutter down (of leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing

1

unseasonable; out-of-season

3

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

1

sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)

1

(data) packet; mobile broadband data; package

1

magnetite; lodestone

1

to be on the right track; to be doing well; to be looking good; to be coming along nicely

1

cube

1

completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday

2

top soil

2

section; cross section; profile

1

to scrape off; to plane off

1

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

1

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1

sensor

1

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

1

volcano

2

(eruption of) smoke

1

rainfall; precipitation

1

back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds

1

to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

1

to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)

5

to break up (e.g. a meeting); to call it a night

1

replica firearm; realistic toy gun with no firing mechanism

1

to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close

2