jpdb beta

village; hamlet; settlement

3

bringing up; rearing; upbringing

2

to become rustic; to be countrified

3

institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)

2

treasure; treasured item; prized possession

1

plundering; exploitation

1

dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)

7

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

2

dwelling; house; residence; den; habitat

3

food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

1

securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying

1

house; building

1

to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off

1

brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

1

to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to

2

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

1

this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately

2

wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond

1

to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)

1

target

2

trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence

3

slaughter; massacre

1

tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster

1

to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune

1

to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)

3

patronage; protection

2

to send or direct a person to

4

different item; different lot

1

to remember; to keep in mind

1

to be born

1

fate; destiny; lot

1

to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)

1

to be burned down

1

smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious

1

western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)

1

district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society

3

(within a) territory; domains

1

continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

1

channel (e.g. between two land masses); strait

1

southeastern part; the southeast

1

compared to

4

population; common talk

1

industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation

1

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

1

real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

2

to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something

1

difficult to ...; hard to ...

3

nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color

1