jpdb beta

intelligence

1

to begin to know

1

the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation

1

the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state

1

political

1

to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious

1

tool; implement; means; furniture

1

intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)

1

morality; moral principles

1

to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger

5

to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

1

edge of blade

1

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

3

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

2

ability to get things done

1

waiter

1

wings of a stage; side stage; coulisse

1

guard; security (officer); guardsman

5

station; office; guardroom

1

participant; entrant

1

bodyguard; escort

2

small arms

2

component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)

1

silent profile (in cell phones); silent mode; vibrate mode

1

arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)

1

mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion

3

bloodstained; bloody; covered with blood

1

oath; vow

1

to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

2

return; welcome home

1

by today; before the day is over

1

date; dating

2

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

3

to call in; to invite; to bring in

1

to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

1

silk floss; silk wadding

1

to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract

2

life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death

2

fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point

1

selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful

1

because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

1

one way or the other; either way

1

to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

4

to switch off; to turn off

2

to be embarrassed; to lose face

2

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

1

to be found

2

to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten

2

to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)

1

to hold a grudge; to hold something against somebody

1