jpdb beta

obstruction; hindrance; blocking; disturbance; interference; interruption

3

anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever

1

to take (adopt) measures

1

to go; to come

1

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

1

cooperation; collaboration; help; support

1

heartening; reassuring

1

before it happens; beforehand

1

preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

4

in; at; for

1

extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular

1

to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

1

apology

1

to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)

1

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

2

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

2

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

2

skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable

3

to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations

4

large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part

1

things; everything

2

scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick

1

to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

2

gimmick

7

we

6

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

2

user; consumer; employer

2

to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from

1

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

9

to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for

2

acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)

1

close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry

1

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

1

rather than (do ...)

1

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

1

fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method

1

capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics

1

had better ...; had better not ...

1

to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the bush

1

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

1

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

1

(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

1

to be too numerous; to be too much

3

big snake; (large) serpent

2

one-to-one; one-on-one

4

to face each other; to be opposite (to)

1

quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off

1

to survive; to live long

2

to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back

3

overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed

2