jpdb beta

we

3

relation; connection

3

fatal; lethal

1

authority; power; influence

3

to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet

1

to be in danger of; to be liable to

4

riskiness; (level of) danger

1

consideration; taking into account

2

how could I (you, etc.) ...?; how dare you (they, etc.) ...; how can you have the nerve to ...?

1

to point at

6

serious

2

mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

2

damned; cursed; accursed

1

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication

2

repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well

1

knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

4

polite; courteous; hospitable

1

self-consciousness; self-awareness

12

bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering

2

palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards

1

tidal hour; right time; favourable opportunity (favorable)

1

apology

1

to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)

3

to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)

1

to complete decisively; to do to completion

1

bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

15

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

3

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

1

sympathy; compassion; pity

6

how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...

1

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

3

brink; critical moment

1

ethics; morals

2

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

2

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

11

hope; wish; aspiration

2

to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)

3

to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

8

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

to find out; to discover; to locate

15

means; way; measure

7

shaman; Sherman (WW2 tank)

15

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

4

touch; contact

3

magic; sorcery; incantation

1

to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

5

ability; faculty

15

person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute

1