jpdb beta

several day period

1

after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post

1

running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices

1

to capture; to seize; to plunder

1

huge sum (esp. of money); enormous sum; massive amount

1

indemnities; reparations

2

to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home

1

(a) row; line

1

needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer

1

syringe; hypodermic needle; injector

1

initialization; initialisation; formatting; resetting

1

precious; valuable

1

to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

1

islander

1

to pour into (liquids); to pump into

1

dose; installment; instalment

1

disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference

1

cage; pen; (jail) cell

1

to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)

1

exception

2

emancipation of slaves

2

to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block

1

to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound

1

few days

1

to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy

1

peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly

1

to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead

1

to spread rumors; to spread rumours

1

defeated country

1

clicking; clopping; clacking

1

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

1

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

1

emigration; immigration; emigrant; immigrant

1

labor; labour; manpower; working force

1

to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain

1

this and that; various things

1

row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally

1

job; work; duties; trade; skill

1

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

1

mine (ore)

3

(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority

1

to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

1

proper; respectable; decent; honest

1

to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth

1

to come back

1

false charge

1

imprisonment; incarceration

1

innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty

1

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

2

impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky

1