jpdb beta

interior; inside; internal

4

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

1

bullet; shot; shell

2

retention; maintenance; preservation

1

inexhaustible supply

1

this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that

2

Dassault

3

Thales (Greek philosopher; ca. 624-546 BCE)

1

Snecma

1

Renaud; Renault; Renault

2

joint development

2

off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory

1

defense contractor; defence contractor; defense industry; defence industry

1

vessel; ship; shipping; seacraft

1

to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased

6

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

2

company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body

5

fighter (aircraft)

1

engine

2

Aldebaran (star in the constellation Taurus); Alpha Tauri

1

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

1

rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

1

robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead

2

industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation

2

show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation

3

to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge

1

faint; slight; vague; nebulous; indeterminate; tinge of ...

1

player

1

knife

1

to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one

3

Krav Maga

2

GI (soldier in the US Army); G.I.

2

regiment of military policemen

2

intervention

6

one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

4

just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)

2

foreign legion

1

tradition; convention

1

hand-to-hand combat

1

to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around

3

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

3

weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot

1

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at); to be intimidated; to feel daunted

1

to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove

1

hand axe (ax)

2

woodcutter; lumberjack; logger

1

return gift; return favour; revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

1

assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)

5

to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued

2

mere consolation; temporary peace of mind

1