jpdb beta

fighting spirit

1

loser; the defeated

2

partly open; in half bloom

1

to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)

1

to shed tears

2

to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour

1

loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman

1

fourth

1

one month

3

simple; easy; quick

2

to build; to construct

3

wooden building; wooden architecture

1

to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)

1

public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing

2

restless; fidgety; in a hurry

1

to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander

1

kingdom; monarchy

25

to employ; to hire; to charter

1

carpenter

1

laborer (labourer); construction worker; coolie

1

woodcutter; lumberjack; logger

1

rood (measure of land area)

10

mercenary (soldier)

13

(one's) older brother; lad; sonny

1

east side; east bank

1

to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)

2

striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around

1

to give directions; to issue instructions

1

linear; linear motor train; linear induction motor train; magnetic levitation train

5

group member

1

command; direction

1

leader of a delegation (body, party)

3

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

1

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

4

on the occasion of; at the time of

2

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

18

foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

1

deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing

3

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

2

mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with

1

to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of

1

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

1

correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications

2

lithograph; lithography

2

polar regions; the pole; farthest land; ends of the earth

1

foreign country

1

earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)

1

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

3

to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block

1

calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind

2