jpdb beta

bad condition; poor condition; disorder; failure; rupture; breakdown (e.g. of negotiations)

5

light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste

13

naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding

1

to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down

1

to drink too much

1

easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

1

factor; factor; divisor

2

to overeat

1

sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass

1

to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up

2

stomach ache; abdominal pain

1

fatal; deadly; mortal

2

to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled

2

safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK

3

the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there

5

cube

3

reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction

3

(depending on) how; (depending on) what; nature (of); what is ...?; how is ...?; what will be ...?

1

to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)

2

to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)

10

following (e.g. someone's opinion); being servile to; adherence; compliance; emulation; mimicking

1

guardian; protector; patron; parent

4

the very start; the very beginning

1

change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift

3

inside (a region, area, etc.); within the range (of); within the sphere (of influence, etc.)

1

to start a signal fire; to use a smoke signal; to initiate an action; to start a campaign

1

(ship's) anchor; anchor (final runner or swimmer in a relay race); (news) anchor; anchorman; anchor (in HTML); link to a previous post (on a message board); anchor (soccer position)

2

firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship

2

indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly

2

walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

3

explosion

1

hail of bullets

1

being shot; being bombed

2

cooling; refrigeration; cooling down (of a political conflict, etc.); calming down

2

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

1

time passes

3

fall; decrease; knocking down; flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)

12

altitude sickness; mountain sickness

1

thud

2

with a bang

1

point-blank range

2

step; stride; counter for steps

1

chief; main; principal; important

2

huge; gigantic; enormous

2

gravitational wave; gravity wave

1

encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement

2

cooperation; coordination; collaboration; integration; linking

9

to push back; to press back; to force back

2

both shoulders

4

robotics; robot

1