jpdb beta

to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

6

you; I; me; oneself

8

to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over

6

even if ...; even supposing that ...

1

chain; chains

6

to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist

3

spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen

2

protest; refutation; pleading

4

pirate

2

to seize (someone) by the collar; to grab (someone) by the scruff of the neck; to collar (someone)

1

to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)

3

sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year

2

deck (of a ship)

7

to sit (down); to have a seat; to be seated; to assume (a position); to take on (a duty); to occupy (a post)

4

to take flight; to disappear

3

evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat

10

advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation

2

passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality

1

to become familiar with; to get used to; to become accustomed to; to come to fit; to go (well) with; to suit

1

to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect

3

sail

2

night; nighttime

4

quite capable of ...; not unlikely to ...; may well ...; might ...; could ...; would not hesitate to ...

3

dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt

5

groan; moan; growl; roar; hum (of a machine, power lines, etc.); drone (e.g. of an engine)

2

support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

2

revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization

1

to take (adopt) measures

2

tens of thousands

2

to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

7

enemy general

2

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

1

to know thoroughly

2

one by one; one at a time; in turn

2

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness

1

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

24

to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)

1

honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank

2

subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion

2

sea of fire; sea of flames; blazing inferno

1

many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous

1

rope; cord; policeman's rope

1

it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?

1

to ponder; to brood

3

sound of something making firm contact with a flat surface

1

to (enter and) sit down; to plop oneself down; to plant oneself down; to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit in (in protest)

1

to cut into (a conversation); to interject

2