jpdb beta

conspirators; faction; cabal; clique

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calculated; premeditated; considered

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escape; getaway; evasion

2

bombarding; shelling; bombardment

8

acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)

1

to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself

1

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

1

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

1

because of this

2

to feel relieved; to feel satisfied; to feel refreshed

1

odious; hateful; awful; horrid; revolting

1

slaughter; massacre

1

around the clock; day and night

1

whenever you want; any time you like

1

dullard; indecisive person

1

influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely

1

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

1

dense (e.g. fog, dust, etc.); thick; vague (as in being unable to think clearly); dim

1

white smoke

1

forest; woods

1

evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge

2

gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons

1

shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection

2

purity (of a substance)

2

extraordinary; exceptional; unprecedented; solecistic; non-standard; irregular

1

certain victory

1

to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon

2

looking into distance; watchtower; distant view

1

magnifying glass (esp. in physiognomy, palm reading, etc.)

3

centre of explosion; center of explosion; hypocentre; hypocenter; ground zero

2

to emit smoke

1

to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired

2

second arrow; second move; second step

1

to waive one's right; to waive a right

1

to be damaged; to receive damage

1

to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to capture

1

ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle

2

to burn off

1

soft skin (esp. of a woman)

1

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

1

to steal a glance (at); to look furtively (at); to take a peek (at)

1

in the fire; in the flames; burning (something); throwing into the fire; committing to the flames

1

whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle; start (e.g. of a movement); beginning; dawn

1

surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)

2

very careful; thoroughly prepared

1

we; us; I; me; my store (business, etc.)

1

one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

1

bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans

1

to come crashing down; to crumble to pieces; to collapse completely

1

to break down (an opponent's defenses); to defeat; to knock out the opponent's pitcher (with consecutive base hits); to break (an established notion); to refute (e.g. a theory)

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