jpdb beta

Western Front (of WWI)

1

to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to

3

middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary

1

to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

2

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently

8

private room

11

comeback; recovery; restoration; rally

3

obstinate; stubborn; obstinate person; stubborn person

2

to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending

2

kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer

4

to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand

1

accomplice; co-conspirator

1

to warm (up); to heat (up); to sit on (an idea, plan, etc.); to keep to oneself; to renew (an old friendship); to take for oneself

2

to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape

3

urban areas; the streets; town; city

2

darling

3

winner; victor; conqueror

2

privilege; special right

9

I; we

3

borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

2

to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

4

gang rape

6

to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to

3

competing; competition; auction

1

agitator

1

even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

1

ten percent

2

guerrilla warfare; unconventional warfare

2

consumption; expenditure; spending

3

to feel depressed; to be down

1

delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner

1

inertia

3

to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on

3

slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy

2

unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to

1

deceleration

2

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

6

to rearrange (classes); to recompose; to reset; to recombine (genes)

1

(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)

4

to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity

1

rocket; locket

1

to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude

1

running away; escaping on foot

1

being under military occupation

3

to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)

2

neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity

2

to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort

1

telegram

2

leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; weed; cannabis

1

contents of a document (esp. of a letter)

2