jpdb beta

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

9

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

2

perpetrator

1

patriarch; head of a family

9

to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated

3

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

5

to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct

5

admissibility of evidence; competence of evidence

1

to do together; to share; to participate in

6

sandwich

1

three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China

2

military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers

68

currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker

1

to fetch; to go and get

3

powers of observation

2

abandoned castle

8

trace; tracks; site; remains; scar

5

former site (of something); site (e.g. of a demolished building)

1

wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language

1

gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

1

raid; attack; assault

1

storming (e.g. an enemy's castle); attack; raid

1

to make eye contact

5

crummy; shabby; petty; lousy; puny; cheap

1

one's superior's anger; imperial wrath

1

to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

1

great haste; mad rush

4

pink; erotic; blue; pornographic

1

unable to read the situation; unable to pick up on the mood (e.g. of a conversation); unable to read the room

1

when; how soon; how long until

2

suspicious person

1

ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful

14

rainbow-colored; rainbow-coloured

3

retaining fee; retainer

3

lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch

1

to throw back

1

to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back

1

every one; each

7

defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying

19

in a great quantity; plentifully; greatly

1

bargain sale; selling cheaply; selling at a low price; giving out (too) readily; handing out freely; selling (oneself) short

2

reward; honorarium; remuneration

1

important person; strategic person; key figure

8

to leave behind

4

easy; simple; simple (way of thinking, etc.); simple-minded; soft; lax

2

of all people; a person of ...'s standing

3

comment

1

previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence

2

outsider; someone outside of a group

1

diversion; distraction; feint

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