jpdb beta

eavesdropping; tapping

2

awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing

1

each other; one another

1

to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance

1

to hide; to conceal

7

since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while

2

noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism

2

continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption

1

intelligence gathering; information gathering

1

superior officer

2

hiding; concealment

1

telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration

4

channel

1

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

14

to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to

3

breach of the rules

1

unskilled; clumsy; lousy; poor; awkward; shitty

2

proficiency level; degree of skill; learning level

1

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

6

to manage something successfully; to be successful

1

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

1

outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else

18

darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

7

remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end

1

to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain

2

to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough

1

top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

1

of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

2

tungsten (W)

11

mineral deposit; ore deposit

1

god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder

2

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

3

liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity

5

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

4

population; common talk

1

all people; everybody; ten thousand people

1

to count; to enumerate

1

air force

26

base (military, expedition, etc.)

7

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

1

international airport

2

Rossyskaya Sovetskaya Federativnaya Sotsialisticheskaya Republika

1

transcontinental railroad

1

main street

1

to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against

1

solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive

2

Gothic (style); Gothic (typeface)

1

style; form; pattern

2

huge; gigantic; enormous

7

building; structure

1