jpdb beta

Mexico

1

military superiority; military supremacy

1

sparing no money; regardless of expense

1

g'morning; good morning

1

waste of effort; thankless task

1

avarice

1

refusing to allow a passenger on board a train or into a bus or taxi

1

blow; shock

1

to swindle; to deceive

1

Taxi Driver

1

contract price; successful tender price

1

the world of the arts

1

to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe

1

to be deceived

1

who

1

Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral

1

to knock down the price of; to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction

1

sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic

1

carat; unit of weight for jewels and pearls, 200mg; karat (measure of purity of gold); carat

1

to start; to begin; to commence

1

complete lie; outright lie

1

dead men tell no tales

1

to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up

1

to purchase; to buy in

1

to be settled; to be brought to an end

1

tequila

1

to play a trick on; to cheat; to deceive; to dupe

1

nuclear weapon

1

diversionary tactics

1

Ministry of Finance

1

heliport

1

sadist; sadism

1

secret messenger

1

intelligence agency; intelligence bureau; Cabinet Intelligence Bureau (1940-1945)

1

clan; partisans; participation (e.g. in a plot); one flavour; one charm; one ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)

1

heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop

1

I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice

1

guess; conjecture; supposition; inference

1

to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

1

stop

1

Belgium

1

having gone too far to turn back

1

patriotic feelings; patriotism

1

unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice

1

10,000,000,000; ten billion

1

to stick up (hair, etc.); to stand up straight; to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand in one place, doing nothing in particular; to stand around

1

to gain a reliable foundation and be in a safe condition; to rest easy; (lit.) to board a large ship

1

nuclear weapon

1

successful bid; winning a tender

1

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

1