jpdb beta

whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches

16

simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

2

conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview

2

even more; still more; further

2

to beg; to ask; to request; to invite

1

cathedral

1

evening; evening hour

1

drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room

1

winning a war; victory

1

oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say

2

hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary

1

chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

1

courage; bravery; pluck; nerve; grit; guts

2

success; passing (e.g. exam); eligibility

1

to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)

2

black tea

4

cake served with tea; teacake

1

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

1

brethren; brothers; fellow countrymen; fellowman; compatriot

1

to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

1

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing

1

pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention

1

nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents

2

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

1

to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx

1

remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)

2

reinforcements

1

vengeance; revenge; retaliation

1

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

2

really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

2

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

1

dispatch of troops; despatch of troops

4

as soon as; right after

2

spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare

1

help; assistance; service

1

to wound; to murder

2

human relations; humanity

1

bright; cheerful

1

to encourage; to cheer

1

investment

6

(an) unknown; unknown number; variable; unknown quantity; not yet known

1

thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances

1

constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone

1

expression; look; countenance; face

2

virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith

1

to overflow; to brim over; to flood

1

establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming

2

severe; bitter; scathing

1

irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial

4

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

1