jpdb beta

mopping-up operation; search-and-destroy operation

2

openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

1

military gains; war results; fruit of battle

2

to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)

1

in addition

3

vacant house; unoccupied house

1

street fighting; urban warfare

1

to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for

3

to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry

1

trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery

1

person killed in action; the war dead

1

calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance

2

early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning

1

seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting

2

to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

1

feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)

1

falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off

2

long-awaited; much-awaited

2

to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be

1

maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full; at a maximum

1

oxygen deficiency; oxygen shortage; lack of oxygen

2

just because; even if; even though

1

seeing and hearing; (from) one's own experiences

1

to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with

1

back-to-back; facing in opposite directions; two sides of the same coin; inextricably linked (esp. with something dangerous or undesirable); on bad terms; at odds

1

every direction

1

celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position

2

care; precaution; guarding; caution

2

sluice gate; water gate; flood gate

1

amphibia; amphibian

1

to cling to

1

gunshot wound

1

to be injured; to sustain a wound

2

to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent

1

to search for; to seek for; to look for

1

to be hideously burned; to be burned raw

2

clothes

1

to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe

2

burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)

8

cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)

1

deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair); grip (e.g. of death)

2

someone; a certain person

1

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

2

granted that; even if; even though

1

to visit less often

1

dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered

1

to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)

3

rain shower while the sun shines; sun shower; procession of will-o'-the-wisps seen at night; jack-o'-lantern parade

1

(sudden, heavy) shower (on a summer afternoon or evening); evening shower

1

school gate

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