jpdb beta

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

3

temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra

1

to employ; to hire; to charter

1

mercenary (soldier)

1

-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be

3

misfortune; short life; evil fate

1

to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil

1

to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

3

stern expression; severe expression; grim expression

3

to meet; to greet

2

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty

2

bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water

6

come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see

2

will; volition; intention; intent; determination

1

bandit; brigand

2

ill-bred; vulgar; boorish

1

look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes

6

stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough

1

opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

1

extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant

1

military forces; hosts; troops

1

quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

1

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

1

always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

1

to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)

2

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)

1

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

2

tsk; tut; shoot; chirp

3

to manage something successfully; to be successful

1

to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

3

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

7

to throw back

1

violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault

1

to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp

3

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

1

origin; beginning

1

to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float

11

fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk

4

depreciation; decline; fall; slump

1

to continue (going along some trend)

1

evening; dusk

2

Nadar

4

arrival

1

because

4

Oregon

3

count; earl

5

residence; mansion; estate; dwelling

1

neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching

3

to be found; to be discovered

7