jpdb beta

rise; improvement; uptrend

1

inexperienced

1

hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment

1

blood relationship; blood relative

3

what; what kind of; no ...; any; adds emphasis to the preceding word; no

2

old army general; veteran army general

3

for peace of mind; for conscience' sake; by way of consolation

1

easy to deal with; tractable; manageable

1

scolding

3

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

2

confidentially; privately; off the record

1

elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance

1

to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane

1

innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence

1

to neigh

1

extremely; very much

1

teleportation

1

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

1

to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (forever); to continue to conceal

1

incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

1

to leave as is; to ignore

1

earthly paradise; heaven on earth

1

to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

1

vacant position; vacancy; opening; unfilled position

1

injury; harm; danger

1

beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions

1

discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment

1

verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words

1

peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky

1

secrecy; keeping secret

1

to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking

1

to pile up and up; to pile up more and more; to mount (e.g. debts, concerns)

1

viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window

1

mudslinging contest; mudslinging match

1

distinguished war service; merit of war

1

to die; to pass away

1

still more; even more; much more; increased; greater

1

sigh; long breath

1

to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await

2

appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph

1

before it happens; beforehand

1

to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money); indicates that the action is directed towards the speaker; indicates that the object of an action arrives at or is received by the speaker

1

balloon (toy or decoration); balloon (hot-air or gas)

1

bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off

1

attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment

3

nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion

1

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands

1

lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)

1

solution; solution strategy

1

to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability

1