jpdb beta

to perceive; to grasp (the situation)

1

to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with

1

nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade

1

being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)

1

novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away

2

dress; outfit

1

cane; walking stick; staff; wand

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

3

made of metal; metallic

1

to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour

4

to make oneself pleasant to everybody; to smile at everybody; to try to please everybody; to make things pleasant

1

scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning

3

choices; alternatives; options

1

taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...

1

to pin (someone) down; to hold down; to shut out (one's opponent); to keep (the opposing team) from scoring; to suppress; to control

1

to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)

1

rock; boulder; crag

2

with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

2

early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk

2

research team; investigative team; survey team; reconnaissance team; investigative commission; fact-finding party

1

to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)

1

veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand

1

to go; to come

1

scouting; reconnaissance

1

preservation; retainment; keeping

2

territory; domain; field; area; domain; region

1

ahead; forward; (in) front; having a square front

2

to begin to walk; to set out

2

to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made

1

to get dry

1

bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste

1

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

dripping; trickling; drop by drop; in drops

1

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

1

to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

1

notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card

1

smoothly; easily; readily

2

previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session

1

malfunction; failure

1

to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)

1

leaving everything up to someone else

1

beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future

1

to part left and right; to open out

2

to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on

1

very likely; very probable

1

way out; means to escape; escape route

1

formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy

1

path of retreat

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to stop walking; to pause

2