jpdb beta

bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel

1

to make a speech; to address

1

painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)

1

to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully

2

opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency

1

to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged

1

venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on

1

disgrace; humiliation

2

once again; yet again

1

limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically

1

vengeance; revenge; retaliation

1

to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone

1

(one's) life is not in danger; not life-threatening

1

to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal

2

healing; cure; recovery

3

on-off

2

astonished beyond words; speechless out of shock

1

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

1

unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd

2

putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may

1

till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

1

power; motive power; three-phase electricity

1

supply; provision; service; supply

1

instability; insecurity; crankiness

1

long; (for a) long time

1

artifact; relic (of a past civilization); relic (of a former age); vestige of a bygone era; anachronism; outdated thing

2

unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear

1

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

1

to be overawed; to be overwhelmed; to be overcome; to be intimidated; to be daunted

1

payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

1

chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing

1

stray bullet

1

surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality

1

reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)

1

to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

1

to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

1

nuclear power reactor

6

means; method

2

to lecture; to read aloud; to devise (e.g. a strategy); to work out (e.g. a tactic); to confer; to hold conference (with)

1

to be found

1

coffin; casket

1

off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory

1

ornament; decoration

1

gold and silver; money

1

treasure

1

to feel chilly; to be afraid; to be frightened; to be nervous

2

truthfulness; credibility; sincerity; honesty; good faith

1

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

1