jpdb beta

mercenary (soldier)

10

labor; labour; manpower; working force

1

offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)

1

one grade; first-class; primary

1

taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)

1

national

1

military operation; military tactics; military strategy

1

collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy

1

possible; likely; probable

1

in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)

1

cabinet minister

1

leader of a delegation (body, party)

1

treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay

3

to be called ...; to be referred to as ...

6

soft and fluffy (e.g. hair)

2

against; contrary to

2

individual; private person; personal; private

3

to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase

1

still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

2

muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

binomial; binary; dyadic

1

based on

2

for convenience; as a matter of convenience

1

graded on N steps; scored out of N

1

stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)

2

when it becomes; when it comes to

2

minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)

1

after

5

paper

2

stare; gaze; fixation

1

cold sweat; greasy sweat

1

observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking

1

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

7

grumbling; muttering; nonsense

2

reaction; response

10

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

4

(punishment by) striking with fists

1

decision; settlement; definition

1

royal palace

3

bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation

1

contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation

2

to realize; to realise; to hit upon something

3

no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not

14

class

1

not exceeding; and downward; below (e.g. standard); under (e.g. a level); the below-mentioned; the following

4

right to appear (e.g. in Olympics); berth

1

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause

19

in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

1

day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date

22

agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells

1