jpdb beta

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

2

seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

1

oratory; eloquence

1

what people say; rumours; public opinion

1

to shut a door

1

illegal channel; back channel; black market

1

interview (e.g. for a job)

1

to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

1

to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

1

money; cash

1

to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind

3

estrangement; alienation; disaffection

1

fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy

2

infancy; childish; infantile; immature

1

risk management

1

prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant

1

(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually

1

jealous; envious

3

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

1

glory

2

to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat

1

country; territory; domain; realm

1

act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery

1

justification; warrant

1

to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)

1

best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)

1

gaudy; showy; garish; crooked; vicious; wicked

3

errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use

8

this is why; this means; it is the case that

2

seeing one off; farewell; escort

1

thank you

1

good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory

2

and then; in addition to that; also; even so

2

the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly

1

unnecessary; needless

1

to change one's mind

1

contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message

1

listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing

1

bow (salute, greeting)

1

to be worn down; to be reduced

1

mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing

2

treachery; betrayal; perfidy

3

to call each other; to call out to one another

1

chord-name; code name

1

criminal; culprit

6

to pin a crime on

4

false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes

1

to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...

1

political opponent

1

disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation

1