jpdb beta

to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

1

present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing

1

personal; individual; private

1

to reach an agreement; to come to an understanding; to compromise (with); to get along well with

1

exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC

1

generation; lifetime; age

1

confrontation; opposition; antagonism

1

joint struggle; common (united) front

1

unnatural; artificial; affected; strained

1

softening; softening (of attitude); mollification; weakening (of the market); blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)

1

anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway

1

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

2

leader; authority; mainstay

1

private; foot soldier; infantryman; underling; low level worker; minor player

1

tomorrow morning

1

dim; gloomy

6

severe; hard

1

defeat; lost battle; losing a war

2

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

2

tendency; trend

3

to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below

1

national power

2

to swell up

1

stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)

1

anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

4

timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

1

to look around; to survey

2

a certain ...; some ...

2

to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath

1

scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread

3

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

1

rising from a crouch to charge; initial charge; face-off

1

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

2

to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A

2

victory or defeat; match; contest; game

1

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

2

allegory; fable; parable

1

to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted

1

to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

1

victory; triumph; conquest; success; win

4

in good health; alive and well; going strong

2

casualties; the killed and wounded

2

to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

2

half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous

1

appearance; air; condition; state; form

1

to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge

2

to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to

1

cooperation; collaboration

3

politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver

3