jpdb beta

loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

2

death penalty

1

punishment; penalty

1

warm heart; kindliness

1

blood relative

1

a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

1

up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...

1

to destroy

1

anxiety (about the future)

1

to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up

1

to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)

2

to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard

1

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

3

details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof

1

elect (select) few

1

setting on fire; setting afire

1

(on one's) mind; heed

1

defense plan

1

conversion; shift; about-face; switch

1

to fight; to compete; to contest; to argue; to dispute heatedly

1

dead of night; shades of night; black of night

1

preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike

2

thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception

3

to fill a hole with earth

1

huge rock; firmness; solidity

1

to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care

1

secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening

2

kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like

1

heartening; reassuring

3

(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case

3

to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)

2

to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

1

to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to

1

structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

3

to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist

1

ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill

1

negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated

2

scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

2

severe; hard

1

to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

1

disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

1

backwater; (arch.) standing with one's back to water (river, lake, etc.)

1

to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

3

what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?

1

holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors

1

slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.

2

to rise; to swell; to be promoted

6

feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness

6

maintenance; preservation; improvement

2