jpdb beta

to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed

1

terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful

1

even though; despite; when

1

awareness; realization

1

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

2

newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper

1

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together

2

summer vacation; summer holiday

1

open-air fire (e.g. for garden refuse); bonfire; open fire (e.g. in a kitchen)

1

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

1

only; merely; but; no more than

1

chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter

2

damper; dance party; dance partner

2

opening fully; full throttle; full power

1

at first; initially; in the beginning

2

catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water

1

to shut the lid

1

near; close by; within reach; familiar

1

to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size

2

boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up

2

human; humane

1

to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper

3

level; value

1

rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence

1

extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless

2

variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables

2

to hate; to detest

5

train; railway train

1

bureaucratic

1

procedure; process; proceedings; formalities

1

to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)

1

commandant; commanding officer; general

1

taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

1

eastern part; the east (of a region)

1

(war) front

1

collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration

1

internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp

1

guard (soldier)

1

(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone

1

heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)

1

power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

1

practical; realistic; pragmatic

4

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

1

glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal

1

orange (colour, color)

1

feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

1

to soften; to moderate; to relieve

1

distinction

1

to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly

1