jpdb beta

selfish; self-centred; egotistical

3

bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed

1

shameless; shameless person

3

to throw into; to toss into

2

something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...

10

cohesion; adhesion

1

quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

2

evolution; progress

1

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

2

personal; individual; private

4

talent; ability

4

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

1

to shake off

1

rational; reasonable; logical

2

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

1

useful thing; usable article

1

least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least

4

all that one has; all that there is; the whole

2

calm (at sea); lull

2

to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...

9

to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

8

discomfort

1

disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant

10

to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home

1

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

8

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

2

how long; how far; how much

1

of course; certainly; naturally

1

hegemony

1

immediate reply

1

world conquest; world domination; taking over the world

1

ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

1

to put someone to work; to make someone work

1

to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)

1

to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded

1

in the hand; (something) easily manipulated

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

3

military

1

conquest; subjugation; overcoming

1

to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

1

continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

2

unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit

1

refusal; rejection

1

reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly

1

investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking

1

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

2

in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea

2

to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join

1

rare; uncommon

1

case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE

1