jpdb beta

engagement; battle

1

younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice

3

elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients

1

battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition

5

to lose (through death; e.g. a wife, child)

1

kilometer; kilometre

1

to get slightly dirty (all over)

1

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

1

to lie down; to throw oneself down

1

to jabber; to chatter; to chat with

1

to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

1

after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

1

chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause

1

how many people; a number of people

1

to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on

2

destination; whereabouts; future; prospects

2

one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month

3

irritation; annoyance; frustration

1

thick voice

1

to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered

1

load; freight; cargo

8

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

1

several people; a few people

2

poor village; desolate village; lonely village; remote village

1

counter for horsemen

2

to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow

1

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

1

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

1

shadow; tail; following

3

highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery (of money, clothing, belongings); holdup; mugging

2

skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity

1

to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel

1

is not; am not; are not; isn't it?

4

money; metal

3

food; foodstuff; prey; victim

1

just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

4

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

1

remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier

1

mercenary (soldier)

2

employer

1

ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy

1

cease-fire; truce; armistice

4

unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed

1

another fief

1

immigration policy

1

to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on

1

fiscal policy

1

coupled with; together

2