jpdb beta

prohibition; inhibition; ban

1

opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy

1

lottery; drawn lot

1

work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device

1

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

1

muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking

4

as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe

1

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

3

to deceive with smooth talk; to wheedle; to give someone a snow job

1

image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition

4

to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore someone's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task

1

home area; home town; local

2

policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle

2

direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)

7

king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne

2

participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

2

testimony; (verbal) evidence

1

making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)

1

sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

1

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

1

to fly in the air

2

royal capital; imperial capital

12

to set (sun); to become dark

6

castle

22

to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)

2

degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety

1

messenger; envoy; emissary

5

to give directions; to issue instructions

1

course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit

1

to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for

1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

2

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc., esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

1

to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)

1

injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

3

even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...

6

arrest; apprehension; capture

2

duty; function; office; mission; task; role

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

3

levying; requisitioning; compulsory enlistment; recruitment; conscription

1

bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy

5

to run around

1

quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

1

to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve

1

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

1

to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon

2

national interest

1

obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check

1

(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge

1