jpdb beta

berth; verse; birth

3

count; earl

3

to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)

1

news; word; tidings; omen

1

to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten

1

seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that

3

to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

1

side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway

1

to disappear; to vanish

1

two o'clock

1

near at hand

1

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

1

tendency; trend; inclination

1

even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on

1

victim; injured party; sufferer

1

first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

3

to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of

1

middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly

1

royal capital; imperial capital

5

inspection; examination; check

2

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

2

they; those guys

2

inside; within

1

concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy

1

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

1

thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

1

gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance

1

to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do

1

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

1

to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate

1

kidnapping; kidnaping

2

unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision

1

first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all

3

(army) division

2

commanding officer

1

to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

1

a few hours

1

circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral

1

to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent

1

should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

1

escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing

1

obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

1

ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies

1

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

1

restriction; restraint; limitation; limit

1

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

1

considerably; fairly; quite

2

spacious; vast; wide

2

usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common

1