jpdb beta

squad; team

1

dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp

1

most difficult; next to impossible

1

one direction; unidirectional; non-interactive

1

group; party; team; squad; section

1

day and night; around the clock

2

vexing; irritating; impatient

2

military commander

1

not required

1

to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

2

on bad terms; at loggerheads

1

shaking; jolting; shaking up (e.g. one's adversary); flustering (someone)

1

to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose

1

not one to talk; who are you to say; look who's talking

1

mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild

1

to harm one's health

1

to lie down; to stretch out; to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

3

statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

1

to leave something as it is

1

great lie; falsehood

1

after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval

1

unlucky

1

merchant ship

1

comparatively high; fairly expensive

1

hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe

4

bright; intelligent

1

to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)

1

carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately

1

to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals

1

gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine

1

attack; drive; advance; invasion

1

to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails

1

projecting part (of a headland, etc.); moment of departure; (on the) point of going out; outset; start

1

stabilization; stabilisation

1

matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority

2

too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories

1

doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief

1

trading vessel

1

reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground

1

poor country; third world country; impoverished nation

1

aggressor; invader

3

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

2

(death from) starvation; starving to death

2

capitulation (of fort)

4

to distribute; to hand out

4

to run out of; to dry up; to be depleted; to hit the bottom; to bottom out

1

delayed effect

1

to have an acute sense of smell; to have a good nose (for bargains, something amiss, etc.); to have a keen nose; to have an ability to quickly uncover things

2