jpdb beta

endorsement (of a cheque, bill, etc.); verification of authenticity (written on the back of a scroll); certificate of authenticity; note written on the back of a scroll; comment; proof

1

sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking

1

victory; triumph; win; conquest; success

3

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

5

state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances

3

objective

3

things; everything

1

depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency

1

morning sun

1

few days

3

to go to bed; to be sick in bed; to be laid up

2

not only ... but (also); as well as ...

2

to lose hope

1

Prussia

2

firmly rooted; deep-seated

3

praise; glorification; extolment

2

to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)

1

contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting

1

to shine; to glitter

1

captain (Army, US Marine Corps, USAF); lieutenant (Navy); flight lieutenant (RAF, RAAF, RNZAF, etc.)

3

son; penis

2

to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)

1

to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush

1

bull neck

1

clink; clack; feeling annoyed; being offended; being hurt

1

heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

1

to knock together; to strike against each other; to clash; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance); to coordinate

1

to say goodbye; to bid farewell

1

drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other

1

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

anti-aircraft gun

3

interception; counter-attack

1

eastern part; the east (of a region)

1

air-raid shelter; bomb shelter

2

termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)

3

siren

5

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

1

to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall

1

trick that may deceive a child; transparent ploy; mere child's play; trivial (e.g. scheme); transparent; trifling (e.g. matter)

1

Russo-German War (1941-1945)

2

that's the way it is; such is life

1

in those days

3

night sky

1

searchlight

1

mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing

1

air defense; air defence

1

facility; facilities; institution; home (for the elderly, orphans, etc.)

2

inspection; observation

1

institute of technology; technological university; technical university; engineering college

1

blackout (to prevent being seen by enemy aircraft during a nighttime air raid)

1