jpdb beta

(political) power; authority; influence

2

(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups

1

quarrel; dispute; argument

2

clear; precise; definite; distinct

1

to violate the law

1

from now on; hereafter

2

engine; agency; organisation; system; facility

1

all; everyone; everybody

2

execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment

2

indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted

1

to sidle up to

1

to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound

1

to call a person's attention (to)

1

you

1

projection; protrusion

1

(college) president; secretary-general

2

head; lead; vanguard; first

1

recovery; rescue; recapture

2

tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation

2

grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)

1

prime of life

2

attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint

1

rapid development; rapid unfolding

1

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

1

these guys; these fellows

1

as soon as; right after

2

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1

okay; sure; okey-dokey

1

young girl

2

swoon; faint

1

in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs

1

time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)

1

control; check; restraint; inhibition

2

why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!

2

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

3

uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)

2

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

1

so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite

1

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

2

to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply

2

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

2

personal feelings; self-interest

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

to read the situation; to sense the mood

1

duty; function; office; mission; task

1

rational

1

imposing stance; daunting pose

1

I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality

3

rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)

1

to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

1