jpdb beta

tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm

1

ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years

1

to listen carefully; to strain one's ears

1

a help; assistance

1

paratroop corps

1

commander; commanding officer; CO

3

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

1

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

2

secretiveness

1

bitter-tasting bug

1

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)

1

how; in what way; by what means

4

counterintelligence; counterespionage

1

measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

2

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

1

alone; by oneself; on one's own

2

to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)

1

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

1

marking; scent marking

1

code; password; cipher

1

direct control; direct supervision

1

to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)

1

deciphering; decoding

1

apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but

1

what kind of; what sort of; what

2

our

1

cellar; cave; hole in the ground

1

intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart

1

heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding

4

to pound (e.g. heart); to pulse (e.g. vein); to pulsate

4

(complete) set; outfit; kit; all; everything

3

skull

3

patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering

2

deep black

1

mist; haze

10

ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

2

shape; form

1

to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge

1

kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre

1

to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)

1

this (very thing); this precisely

1

gossip; corner of the mouth

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

1

myth; mythology

4

legend; folklore; tradition

5

Hades (god); Pluto (god)

44

excavation; exhumation; digging up; discovery (of a new fact, talent, etc.); finding; unearthing

1

part (esp. of the body); region; site; cut (of meat)

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

3