jpdb beta

beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal

2

indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly

1

hegemony; leadership; initiative

2

to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into

3

liking for; taste for; fondness for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with

1

master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee

1

rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash

2

possession; ownership

2

attacking forces

1

mastery of the air

6

sphere; circle; range; category

5

relative; relation

1

fuel consumption; gas mileage

1

passenger; rider; good rider

5

friction; discord; strife

1

to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

2

stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge

4

broadminded

1

to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)

2

(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one

1

amount of drink; one's drinking capacity

1

old friend; familiar face

1

secret; private; surreptitious

2

year before last

3

attempted assassination

3

perpetrator

3

quiet; calm; still

1

seeming very ...; just like ...

1

blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body

2

property; possession

1

extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious

3

working one's way up; self-made person; veteran

3

promotion; advancement; rising in rank

1

promising stock; stock with potential; hopeful stock; promising person; person with good prospects

1

certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance

1

to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

1

recommendation; referral; endorsement

2

to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)

1

right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages

1

violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority

3

secret (recipe, medicine, etc.); mysteries (e.g. of an art)

1

constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time

1

to form a pair; to pair up

1

natural enemy

2

a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action

1

to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord

1

younger days; youth

1

ambitious; enterprising

1

belatedly; though a little too late

1

rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power

1