jpdb beta

a few years ago; some years back

1

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

1

unruly (e.g. of a child); unyielding; disobedient; strong-willed

1

wealthy and powerful family

1

library

3

in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance

1

favour; favor

1

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

2

religious belief; faith

1

headquarters; head office; main office

1

positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive

3

assassination

1

military force; force of arms; strength of an army

3

counter for countries

2

combination; union; combined; joint; congruence

5

going south

1

plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention

1

dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity

1

impregnable castle (walls); impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable

2

riches; wealth; resources; lottery

1

source; origin

1

needless to say; it goes without saying that

1

open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent

1

to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)

2

(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

1

fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner

1

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

1

to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command

2

trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism

3

winner; victor; conqueror

1

negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated

2

cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky

3

last days; the end; one's fate

1

control of the sea; command of the sea

1

Petr

1

great emperor; ... the Great

1

note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work

1

implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization

1

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need

2

to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)

1

several hundred; hundreds (of)

1

in a day; in a brief space of time

1

with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

2

one's own country

2

spirit of dependence

1

to become clear; to be made public

3

being fully equipped; being fully furnished; complete

1

the lower classes; the masses; the common people; underclass; riffraff

1

popular will; will of the people

1

to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

3