jpdb beta

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

3

resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy

1

case (container); case (instance, situation); case

4

tedious; boring; being fed up with

2

red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist

5

to say no more; to sink into silence

1

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

3

logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument

2

by myself; in person; by oneself

5

public office

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense

4

engine; agency; organisation; system; facility

3

stiff (atmosphere, manner, etc.); cold; unfriendly; thin and bony; scrawny

1

direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...

2

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

2

the most extreme

1

public power; governmental authority

1

under control

1

to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)

2

exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of

4

to shout; to cry (out); to scream; to clamor (for or against); to advocate; to insist

2

even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner

1

to increase; to grow

2

conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch

2

that kind of; such a

1

private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular

4

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

3

military

3

possession; ownership

1

to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

2

gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy

1

to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force

1

proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification

3

because of; owing to; due to

5

people; men and women; each person; everybody

3

to be manageable; to be able to handle

1

monster

1

to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)

4

to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...

8

persecution; oppression

2

target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.); coverage

12

fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth

1

dragon (as depicted in Western myths)

1

in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces

1

to destroy

1

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

9

right; privilege

5

(degree of) risk; riskiness; danger

1

to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart

5

to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

2