jpdb beta

to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of

1

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

1

scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick

1

chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)

1

going together

4

triumphant pose assumed by an athlete

1

curry udon; udon with curry sauce

2

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

1

to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout

1

back off!; leave me alone!

3

low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination

20

long ago; once upon a time

1

to be common

2

to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with

3

to hand down (a story, legend, etc.); to pass on (to the next generation); to spread (a rumor, news, etc.); to circulate; to send word; to pass on (a message)

2

history

1

disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

1

daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough

1

ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible

2

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

1

symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed

1

by all means; at all costs; absolutely

1

sense of impending crisis; sense of danger

2

palm (of one's hand)

5

dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy

1

a long time ago; in those days

1

each nation; many nations; many countries

1

(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

2

Africa

1

Russia

1

aborigines; indigenes

2

casualties; the killed and wounded

1

disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident

1

often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

2

precipice; cliff; bluff

2

village girl

2

to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake

1

study; research; investigation

1

to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing

1

Egypt

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desert

4

crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally

1

meteorite

2

not yet known; unknown; strange

1

fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

1

to throw (oneself); to hurl; to cast; to stir (one's feelings); to get excited; to make (one's heart) pound

1

tail (animal); tail end; tip

2

cold storage; deep freeze; cryopreservation

1

extraterrestrial

11

to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy

1