jpdb beta

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

50

doubt; suspicion; fear; apprehension

1

to blunt; to dull; to weaken

1

unreality; becoming disconnected from reality

3

thought; idea; conception

1

idle thoughts; worldly thoughts

1

several days later

3

to be in complete attendance

1

antique-looking; looking hoary with patina

1

Italy

1

subordinate person

26

first report (esp. of an incident, disaster, or news story); initial report

1

to return; to come back

6

conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation

3

this morning

2

village garbage collection point

1

misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune

4

implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment

3

comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice

2

expression; phraseology

4

accident

1

to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under

1

rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)

3

shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof

2

trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon

13

to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)

2

getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

3

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

3

he; she; that guy

2

to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with

1

strategist; tactician; schemer

1

gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off

1

strategy; tactics

3

(something that is) available for use at any time; (someone who is) at one's beck and call; (something over which) one has complete mastery

1

devotion; attachment; infatuation

3

I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?

3

maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter

1

according to (someone)

1

each other; one another

4

sharp-eared; keen-eared; quick-eared

1

idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

9

to tie; to fix; to attach

1

private possession

1

princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue

28

effective; successful

4

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

7

bullying a young wife

1

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

2

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

2

himself; he himself

7