jpdb beta

laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

3

to discuss; to talk together

1

to be unable to endure; to be unable to stand (something); to lose patience

1

escape; flight; breakout; fleeing; desertion

1

script; screenplay; scenario

2

to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered

2

fence

1

to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

1

to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)

8

to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

1

guard; security guard; security officer

1

flight; desertion; escape

1

eyewitness testimony

1

arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations

2

to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful

1

to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

2

fibre; fiber

1

at first; in the beginning; originally

1

to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus

2

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

2

compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation

2

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

1

to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

1

sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat

1

punishment; penalty

1

discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

1

continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration

1

to fall asleep

1

to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive

1

putting out the lights; turning off the lights

2

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

lights-out time

1

violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement

1

punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code

1

to pass (of time); to elapse

6

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

1

key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue

2

throw; throwing; throwing event (e.g. javelin, discus, shot put)

2

to see all (of); to see everything; to see clearly; to perceive clearly; to give up (on); to abandon

1

futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)

1

passing through (of a tunnel, bullet, etc.); going (right) through; penetrating; (arch.) being well versed (in)

3

very deeply

2

prompt efficiency; immediate effectivity

1

neurotoxin; nerve poison

1

interior of the body

2

to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

2

finger; toe; digit

1

direct

1

poor; lame; ill-prepared

2

advice

3