jpdb beta

VIP; very important person

1

toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom

3

to disappear; to vanish; to abscond; to decamp

1

fool; person beneath one's contempt

1

(yet) again

1

to pick a fight

1

old people

1

damn kids; brats

2

wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war

1

moving from one battlefield to another; fighting on successive fronts; fighting in various battles

1

pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend

1

veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand

2

(among) one's friends; (within) one's circle

1

weaning

1

to carry around; to be roundabout (speech, actions, etc.); to be indirect

1

gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase

1

core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

1

to frown; to squint

1

to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake

2

how many years; how long; what year

2

prescription (of medicine); formula

1

body

1

to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention

1

to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up

1

intimidating air; sense of intimidation

1

to be erected; to be built

1

Steiger

6

prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary

16

imprisonment

2

open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited

1

to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate

1

remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)

1

acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back); handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order); handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)

1

strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm

2

even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...

3

to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker

1

during imprisonment; while in jail

1

priority level; degree of relative priority

1

to play a leading role; to play a central part

1

thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient

1

usurpation; taking back; dispossession

1

PR; public relations

1

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)

2

large-scale operation; large-scale campaign; major mission

1

charming; fascinating; attractive

1

priority matter

1

fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion

1

to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate

1

ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base

1

long-serving soldier; veteran

2