jpdb beta

afflux; influx

1

numerator; molecule; member; element

1

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

2

combination; union; binding; bond

2

at a stroke; with a single swoop

1

lump of iron; iron ingot

1

corpuscle; minute particle; particulate

1

human body

1

to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

2

had better ...; had better not ...

1

opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part

1

main event

1

inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

2

arms; weapon; ordnance

1

falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)

1

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

1

flickering; blinking

2

stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)

1

muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something

3

killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

1

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

1

to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

2

you; dear; honey

1

bitter

2

charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of

1

millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

1

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

1

near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

1

to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

1

(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress

1

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

1

of all people

1

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

1

thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill

4

pulsation; pulsatory motion

1

one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre

1

resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret

1

standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against

1

incident; affair; happening; event

1

(at) high speed; as fast as one can; with lightning speed

1

houses and inhabitants; population

1

the opposite direction; the other way

1

hesitation; indecision; vacillation

1

long and narrow; lanky; gangling; spindly

1

in the sea

2

to throw oneself; to jump; to leap

2

column of water; water column

2

to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself

1

final stage

1

how many people; a number of people

1