jpdb beta

group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

18

standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert

2

proposal; offer; request; application

1

assistance; support

1

selection; choice; option

2

to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject

1

patronage; protection

1

100; hundred

4

dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death

1

prospects of victory; chances of success

1

reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight

1

never mind!; don't worry about it

2

given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...

2

spontaneous; voluntary

1

diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint

1

to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

3

to get (someone's) help; to ask for help

1

be careful about fire; watch out for fire

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

while passing each other

1

to be conceited

1

plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice

2

ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway

1

each (person); everyone; individual; respective

1

rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering

1

comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

4

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion

1

to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off

1

waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane

13

to flow into; to pour into; to stream into

5

one drop (of fluid)

1

to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet

2

to flow out; to stream out; to pour out; to gush forth; to leak; to ooze out

1

water way

1

downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes

2

sluice gate; water gate; flood gate

5

to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin

1

to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective

1

to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract

1

high temperature

1

intensive; concentrated; focused

1

high ground; plateau; heights

1

level ground; plain; flatland

1

gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth

1

east, west, south and north

1

to hold fast; to protect to the end

1

fort; stronghold; fortification

1

(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone

1

maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development

1