jpdb beta

military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers

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to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)

2

to have no chance (of succeeding)

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landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land

3

dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment

2

complaint

1

that is to say; so that means

1

chief; main; principal; important

1

paper

2

to write down; to record; to register

1

poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow

1

outline; summary; gist; basic points

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

1

to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted

1

to (keep in) mind; to give heed to; to pay attention to

1

to start forgetting

2

to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

1

one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group

1

violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism

1

boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening

1

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

1

to die; to pass away

2

in good health; alive and well; going strong

2

speech balloon (in a comic strip); speech bubble; blowoff; effusion; blowing (of a seasonal or climatic wind)

1

frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)

1

severe (illness, disability, etc.); serious

1

to be able to conceal

1

in addition to this

1

from the viewpoint of; according to

1

remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier

2

disturbance; riot; mayhem

1

invasion

2

these

1

some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort

1

to lose one's life

2

spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

1

to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down

1

to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up

1

impatience

2

to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)

1

to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)

2

that's a different matter; that's a different story

1

rock; boulder; crag

1

skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity

1

without; but if; otherwise; or else

1

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

2

to ponder; to brood

1

to return; to come back

2

error of judgment; miscalculation; bad decision

1

to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to disappoint; to let down

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