jpdb beta

strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious

2

belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration

1

to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across

2

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

2

Gasco

1

second half; latter half

1

neither good nor bad

1

prudent; thoughtful; discreet

1

sound; sure; safe; steady; firm

3

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

1

second son

2

to try to do; to attempt to do

2

accidental death

2

death; decease; passing away

1

competitor; rival

1

to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

1

taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)

1

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

2

to take refuge in; to succeed in running away

1

hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation

1

does not seem; unlikely; improbable

1

violation (of foreign territory, rights, etc.); invasion; infringement

3

completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part

2

to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)

3

great cause; moral law; justice

1

(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut

3

huge rock; firmness; solidity

1

to say; to speak; to tell; to be called

1

counterintelligence; counterespionage

1

isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation

1

to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)

2

distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

1

surrender

1

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

1

transfer; transport; transportation

2

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

1

annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out

1

prisoner (of war); POW; captive

3

negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations

1

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

1

to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

1

to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)

1

formless; immaterial; intangible; incorporeal; abstract; moral

1

pressure

1

to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour

1

offering one's opinion (to someone on something)

1

being startled

1

to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

2

to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set

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