jpdb beta

internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble

1

all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception

1

if so; in that case; in that situation

4

hostage

2

means; way; method; measure

3

watchdog; guard dog

1

number of persons; personnel

1

image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)

3

secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

1

maintenance; preservation; improvement

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse

2

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

1

to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit

1

isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on

2

grandpa; granddad

1

problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy

2

to rampage; to run riot

10

harmless

1

making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt

2

mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...

2

to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

1

politics; government

3

to say this and that (about); to say (critical) things; to criticize; to be critical (about); to find fault (with); to complain

1

correction; revision; amendment

1

gestures; gesturing

2

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

2

for this very reason; that is exactly why

5

cleaning up someone else's mess; making up for someone else's mistake; ass-wiping; arse-wiping

2

one's junior; younger generation; next generation; moving backwards; backing up; reversing

1

to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life

6

number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout

3

to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

1

weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person

4

smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)

3

world; society; people; the public

2

big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with

1

grandfather; male senior-citizen

3

you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

4

straw mat used as a bag for carrying earth

1

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

4

loser; the defeated

1

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)

1

to ingest; to eat; to enter the mouth; to be able to eat

1

to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach

3

to aim at

3

to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)

1

to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled

4

to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag

2

to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

4

(a) few; some; several

1