jpdb beta

(walk) briskly; at a brisk pace; quickly

1

guard; sentinel; garrison

2

contingent; detachment

1

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

1

Mirabel

15

Elder

1

to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)

1

(committee) chairman; president

2

way one dresses; way one looks like in certain clothes

1

(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very

2

high official

6

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

2

pupil; student; schoolchild

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

1

back of head

1

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

1

why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!

1

the same age

1

reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush

1

deep emotion; strong feelings

1

politics; government

1

economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy

1

neutrality

1

inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness

1

major premise (in a syllogism); important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued

1

interference; intervention; meddling

1

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

2

indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous

1

fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)

1

hiding one's embarrassment

1

motherland; fatherland; native country

2

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

1

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

1

this year

1

harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result

1

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

1

missing person

1

tens of thousands

1

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

1

conscience

1

pride; boast; credit (to)

1

perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy

1

to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved

1

to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross

1

for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account

1

motive power; driving force

1

to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck

1

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

2

indicate reason; infers some protest

1