jpdb beta

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

2

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

2

pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked

1

exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)

6

decorations; offerings; mere window dressing

12

puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute

3

powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent

5

transition period

3

aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad

5

house arrest

2

ostensible (surface) reason

1

to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress

1

misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity

2

habit (garment worn by nuns, monks, friars, etc.)

9

to frown; to scowl

8

to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct

5

relative

2

wartime

4

to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to

1

real power

1

tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard

6

to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)

3

symbolic

2

to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up somebody (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear

1

dark; gloomy; somber; depressing

1

to spread one's roots (of a tree, etc.); to take root (of an ideology, etc.)

2

strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

2

wear; abrasion

7

to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself

1

how many months?; how long?

3

optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

3

to burst (open); to break; to split

3

disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity

3

government office building

2

national treasure

1

building; structure

2

Gothic (style); Gothic (typeface)

1

guard; sentinel; garrison

24

battle formation; military formation

3

long ago; previous; of a former age

2

relic; remains; memento

2

fully armed; armed to the teeth

2

to force one's way through

2

heavy equipment; heavily equipped; heavily armed; heavily armored

1

to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl

2

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

3

mobility

1

acquaintance

3

trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

4

seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading

1