jpdb beta

inattention; absent-mindedness

2

hard to read

3

diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)

4

successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one

2

must not; do not

2

unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking

2

graphite

5

deep crimson

10

steel; steal (baseball, basketball)

6

Hercules beetle (Dynastes hercules)

1

as everyone knows; needless to say; obvious

1

to watch for an unguarded moment

4

to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)

3

to twist; to contort

2

hemorrhaging

2

human body

4

to breathe out; to exhale

10

(piece of) rope; ordinary method

8

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

8

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

6

right shoulder

5

to dig out; to hollow out; to cut into

2

shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff

9

wind noise

7

fierce attack

6

one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

4

firearms; missile; projectile weapon

3

wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee

5

failure to reach agreement

1

to shift (something) from one hand to the other; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to exchange (what one is holding for something else)

1

crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

26

assessment of the situation; judging according to the situation

2

whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing

1

cough; coughing; tussis

1

orbit; eye socket

4

having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism

11

vomiting blood; hematemesis

4

being too late; losing one's final chance

5

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

6

to bite off

3

with a (cry of) "ah!"; with a shout (of surprise, shock, etc.); in surprise; in astonishment

4

to turn up (of evidence, etc.); to become known; to be arrested; to be caught (of a criminal); to be moved to a higher position (of a body part); to be raised (e.g. of a hand to ask a question)

3

earplug (for protection against noise or water)

1

ease of use; pleasantness of use; comfort level

3

forest fire

1

to spread (of flames)

3

putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards

3

wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view

7

to drive away; to scatter; to rout

2

mission; delegation; mission (assignment); (religious) mission; mission school; transmission (in a motor vehicle)

1