jpdb beta

to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan

4

position

1

grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit

2

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

7

goes without saying; needless to say; obvious

3

working exclusively for; working full-time (for)

1

sorcerer; wizard; mage

1

incredible; extraordinary; exceptional; phenomenal

1

national power

3

abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed

1

periodic; regular; routine

1

professional

1

to employ; to hire; to charter

1

just like; the same as; no different than

1

closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling

3

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

11

for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now

14

change; fluctuation

5

rare

3

major incident; major happening; big scandal

1

foundation; root; basis; root and trunk

1

to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)

1

disturbance; trouble; ups and downs

3

to knit (one's eyebrows)

1

nothing but; none other than

4

lately; recently

11

disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes

3

root; source; origin; cause

2

place; situation; position; location

1

foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

6

trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation

4

occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

1

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

1

war; fighting; fierce competition

2

to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)

4

hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

3

recent years

2

military campaign; battle; war

12

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

3

hundreds

1

to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet

1

second half; latter half

1

almost; roughly; approximately

1

success; hit

3

abstention; nonintervention; noninterference

3

doctrine; rule; principle; -ism

2

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

3

to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into

6

intervening

1

marshy grassland; wetlands

2