jpdb beta

battalion; large force

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Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit

1

cavalry; cavalryman; trooper

8

means; is; as for

2

one after another; in rapid succession

1

to have the nerve to

3

thumb; big toe

2

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

2

transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay

1

we; us

6

haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch

1

to run out (e.g. of the room)

2

overhead; above one's head; high in the sky

8

upper lip; labrum

1

a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)

1

little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak

1

final; eventual; ultimate

1

dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall

1

firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn

2

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

1

change; transformation; inversion

1

to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on

1

reinforcement (e.g. of troops)

2

living thing; living creature; animal; life

2

weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather

1

northern route

4

one by one; in detail; minutely

1

horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling

1

upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)

1

body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander

2

to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline

1

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

1

to be conspicuous; to stand out

3

incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness

1

to select someone (out of many people)

1

to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

1

hair (on the head)

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helmet (of a warrior); headpiece

2

to give the stamp of approval

1

battle; fight; combat

6

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

6

way out; means to escape; escape route

1

hiding place; refuge

1

substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice

1

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

1

golden (colour, color)

3

last night; yesterday evening

7

shades of evening; dead of night

3

to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

4

squad; team

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