jpdb beta

to bend; to warp; to curve

3

to look up (at); to look upwards; to respect; to look up to

1

book; volume

1

to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

2

to disappear; to vanish

6

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

2

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

2

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

5

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)

6

audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)

1

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

1

great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty

2

to exchange words

2

historic; historical

2

ancient times; distant past; antiquity

10

demon; devil; -crazed person; -obsessed person; dreaded; terrible

13

great war; great battle; world war

1

position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase

1

period; term; interval

3

tribe; race; group (of people who share a common feature); gang; tribe (taxonomic rank); group (in the periodic table)

1

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

2

to take command; to give direction

1

legend; folklore; tradition

1

king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

3

Hannibal

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

5

to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated

2

army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group

2

to kill (with a weapon); to slay; to defeat (an opponent); to beat

1

before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme

1

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

2

after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years

2

chance meeting

1

occurrence; happening; incident; event

2

to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)

1

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

15

to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

1

to stop talking; to be silent

2

regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...

5

soldiers garrisoned at strategic posts in Kyushu in ancient times; Chinese soldiers stationed to protect remote regions of the country during the Tang dynasty

1

library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)

2

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

2

trusting too much; overestimating ability

2

based on; built on; made from

2

tomorrow; near future

5

the second ...

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

3

(company) director; executive; top management; important post; role with heavy responsibilities

3

to collect; to assemble; to gather

4

owner

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