jpdb beta

achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization

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war of attrition

1

decrease; reduction; fall; depreciation; mitigation

2

friendly army; friendly troops; allied army

3

excessive; too much; unreasonable

2

to estimate

1

one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection

1

to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

5

to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away

7

to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on

1

early morning

1

in the midst of the enemy

1

cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required

2

to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing

1

rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing

1

knob; doorknob

1

to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind

4

equipment; device; installation; stage setting

1

string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions

7

frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category

1

to gradually rise

1

decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon

2

to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)

1

semibasement; semi-basement

2

boiler

3

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

10

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

3

to warm oneself (e.g. at a fire)

1

simple; easy; quick

1

endurance contest; test of endurance

1

shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade

1

half step; half a step

2

residence; housing; residential building

3

really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way

2

rubble; debris; wreckage

3

alternately; by turns

3

searching for the enemy

1

with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply

1

to make a sound

3

doze; nap; snooze

2

this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about

1

to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

1

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

4

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

2

afterwards

2

candy; sweets

1

fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies

1

below freezing

1

to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under

2

to go past; to pass; to pass by

2