jpdb beta

explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology

2

questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)

2

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

2

to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away

1

military affairs; military service

2

government service; the bureaucracy

2

to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour

2

armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

1

to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify

1

taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away

2

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway

2

route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)

2

to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

1

to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)

21

two weeks; fortnight

1

warning order

1

defense; defence; guard; policing; security

1

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

4

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

11

underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause

1

stirring up trouble in order to get credit for resolving it; profiting from solving problems created by oneself

1

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

1

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)

3

to answer a question

3

out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy

1

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

2

to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

1

tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle

2

(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

8

to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)

1

clique; faction

1

dividing into parts

1

civil war

1

betrayer

2

series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

5

black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator

17

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by

3

half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous

1

unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

1

magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell

13

underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)

1

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

7

(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly

2

to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase

1

reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly

1

to chip; to nick; to break; to lack

1

member of parliament; the elite

1

true state; actual condition; reality

1

the former

3

to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study

4