jpdb beta

detour; roundabout way

2

detention; confinement; arrest

1

ransom

1

10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million

5

excessive; too much; unreasonable

2

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

12

price; cost

5

cheap; reasonable

1

one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)

1

one by one; each; every; at intervals of

4

progress; being under way

1

advantage

3

gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

8

calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

17

inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)

2

permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

6

holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

3

exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste

7

disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position

12

adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach

4

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

2

to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind

2

in a good mood; cheerful

1

presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch

11

as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather

4

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

13

to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at

3

to half-rise to one's feet

6

gesture; gesticulation; motion

3

to drag out

4

to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny

6

to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

3

in very small pieces

4

laughing foolishly; cackling

1

to do (for someone)

1

to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful

3

sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator

6

I can tell you; heh

5

cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate

4

pride; dignity; self-respect

2

grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

3

order from above

1

firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn

6

to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others

2

middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart

6

dummy

2

without leaving any trace

4

to scatter away; to blast away; to blow away (via explosion)

5

piece of meat; cut of meat

1

firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; ejaculation

4