jpdb beta

in pieces

1

friendly plane

1

friendly army; friendly troops; allied army

6

to harm; to cause harm to

2

fundamental; basic

1

overriding principle; main principle; great principle

1

individual; separate; personal; case-by-case

1

deductive reasoning; deduction

1

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

2

to turn a somersault

2

stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation

1

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

fruition; fructification; bearing fruit; bearing fruit (of efforts, plans, etc.); coming to fruition; yielding success

1

clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight

1

conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly

2

flicker (light); waver; trickle (water); glance at

1

ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

1

right eye

1

critical

1

countless; innumerable

1

to work; to labor; to labour; to put to work; to make (someone) work

1

to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter); to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality); to take part (in some work); to hang about

2

to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)

1

to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money

1

large-pupilled; dark-eyed; having large irises

1

the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar

1

to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)

1

temporary truce; ceasefire

1

frown; scowl; grimace

1

falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy

2

medicine; chemicals

1

strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)

2

mezzanine floor

1

near; close by; within reach; familiar

1

earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate

1

whole area; surrounding area; all around; everywhere; all over the place

1

matter of time; question of time

1

to dishevel (hair)

1

to be burnt to death

2

to relax; to make oneself comfortable

2

baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

to set one's sights on; to take aim (at); to have one's mind on

1

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

2

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on

1

mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

3

shock; tremor; impact; vibration

2

to break down crying

1

for dear life; barely escaping alive

1

long ago; a long time ago; already

1