jpdb beta

instruction; direction; briefing

4

(United States of) America; USA

4

south

3

transcontinental railroad

1

appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent

2

anachronism

3

all-out war; total war

1

external unit; external device

1

retiring from military service

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

5

arsenal; arms and ammunition factory

7

(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army

7

ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

6

myxomycete; slime mold

1

(organ) rejection; unthinking dismissal; strong reaction (against)

1

injured person; wounded person; casualty

7

leading person; foremost figure

2

teaching materials

2

death in battle

2

engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in

2

adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)

1

government office; public office

1

marriage registration

1

presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

1

irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate

2

to put back in a good mood; to cheer up

1

cheek

1

dinner

1

to get (much) colder; to deepen (cold); to feel cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bones; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.)

1

wedded life; married life

1

parent and child

1

unsolvable

1

big problem

1

boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

4

to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)

3

to get a late start

2

relative

1

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

3

strategic

1

suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)

1

traffic lane; road lane

2

deceleration

3

temporary

7

congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation

1

to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake

1

care; kea (Nestor notabilis)

1

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

1

to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

long; drawn-out; very long

2

reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace

1