jpdb beta

connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction

2

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

3

many thousands

1

self; oneself

6

source of power

1

flat broke; stone broke; penniless

1

filling (up); replenishing; filling in (a tooth); loading (a gun with ammunition, a camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging

2

accumulation; accumulate; store

3

mysterious presence; mysterious atmosphere; aura of mystery

4

to be able to manage somehow or other

1

system

4

compromise; giving in

2

okay; sure; okey-dokey

1

relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly

1

to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); to shave (one's head)

1

to breathe while sleeping

3

sleepy; drowsy; somnolent

1

staying up late; sitting up late at night; keeping late hours

1

well, I must admit ...

1

moat; fosse; trench; underground air-raid shelter; dugout

1

present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era

1

ark (i.e. Noah's)

4

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

2

animal

1

to treat as a joke; to do jokingly

3

to draw (something) toward one; to pull toward one; to pull closer; to attract; to draw; to entice

2

armory; armoury

1

people; citizens; subjects; folk

2

aloneness; loneliness; solitude

1

castle of a feudal lord

2

treasure; treasured item; prized possession

1

coordinate; coordinates

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)

3

to talk to oneself; to mutter

2

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment

1

to frown; to squint

1

hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm

1

to stand (something) up; to put upright; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to let out; to raise (a cloud of dust, smoke, etc.)

2

anyhow; in any case

2

to attack; to assault; to challenge; to take on; to be bold; to be audacious

2

growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing

1

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

1

combination; pair; duo

2

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

2

combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting

1

rarely; seldom

1

to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on

1

reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of

2

straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look

1