jpdb beta

desk; copy editor

1

drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu

1

excuse; pretext

1

won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you

1

acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)

1

one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword

1

slaughter; massacre

1

hair (on the head); (a) hair

1

one line; one stretch (e.g. of road); earnest; resolute; (arch.) one bloodline; (arch.) one clan

1

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

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of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless

1

unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on

1

to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)

1

to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

1

anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

2

puddle of blood; pool of blood

1

to be completely still

1

end of life; death; breathing one's last

2

to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

1

to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor

1

to try all possible means

1

contrary to one's expectations

1

using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

1

to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)

1

the right person in the right place

1

incompetent; have no merit

1

gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying

1

to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

4

to begin to speak

1

worst; worst-case (scenario)

2

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

1

easy; simple; light

1

subway; metro; underground (railway)

1

poison gas

1

to scatter; to spread

1

religious group

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each; every

3

to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about

2

prediction; estimation

2

time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job

1

line

1

often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly

1

recovery; undoing; recall

2

discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure

1

human society

1

very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just

1

to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)

1

toddling; taking tottering steps

1

young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age

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