jpdb beta

surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in

1

pose; pause

1

to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

2

to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense

1

unlawful; illegal; unreasonable; outrageous; unjust

2

reclaimed land

7

companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

1

occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession

1

stateless person

1

explanation; interpretation

2

beforehand; in advance; previously

1

state; country; nation

3

to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)

1

study; diligence; discount; reduction

2

international; diplomatic intercourse

1

common law; customary law (in international law)

1

recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

1

three; three years of age

3

important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition

1

area; domain; territory; field; range; region

6

effective control (over territory); working control

2

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

1

artificial island; man-made island

5

until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

2

law of the sea; maritime law

1

United Nations convention

1

100; hundred

1

formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty

2

land

3

artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made

1

to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)

1

sediment; earth and sand

3

essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic

1

UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

1

eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

1

coast; beach

2

composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization

1

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

1

valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable

1

dominion; territory; possession

1

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

3

all you want; as much as one wants

1

territorial waters

1

OK; okay

1

public waters

7

Umetate

14

antiquity; ancient times

1

law

8

rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom

1

to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute

1