jpdb beta

making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)

1

three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold

2

indicates emphasis

1

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)

2

even though; despite; when

4

(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest

1

sense of security

1

reinforcement

1

application; request; petition

1

surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid

2

big shot; higher-ups

1

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

2

watchful waiting; careful supervision

1

selection; choice; option

1

rather; sooner; preferably

3

queen; female champion

7

entering (the marketplace); introducing (something) to the market; access; visiting a high-class or noble individual

1

disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus

1

big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

2

interference in the domestic affairs of another country

2

also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

9

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

1

if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

1

private army

1

-ish; -like

1

guard; convoy; escort

11

to employ; to hire; to charter

4

-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

1

broad interpretation

1

portion; section; part

2

I see; that's right; indeed

3

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

1

plantation

2

to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through

1

permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

1

green (colour); green (energy, car, etc.); environmentally friendly; greenland; green space; green (on a golf course)

6

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

to tell (somebody) to (do something)

1

isn't that right?

9

(not) so much; (not) that much

1

to; towards; for

5

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

2

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

1

one way or the other; either way

1

this time; now

3

to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest

1

indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged

2

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

1

evasion; avoidance

1