jpdb beta

thicket; coppice; brushwood

3

front; frontage; facade; main

3

side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension

3

to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment

4

programme; program; plans; arrangements

1

just because; even if; even though

1

preliminary step; first step

1

very; much

1

entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth

1

(right at the) side; just beside

3

movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling

4

to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize

2

fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely

1

to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in

2

as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

2

mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)

1

right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct

1

li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)

1

soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

1

period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; victory; strictness; cruelty

2

zero; nought

1

heavy infantry

1

both wings; both flanks

4

Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu

2

retreat; withdrawal; retirement

5

United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)

1

stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition

2

slaughter; massacre

1

like; as if; the same as

2

to rain incessantly; to downpour

1

half the number; haploid

4

self first; striving to be first; scrambling for

1

collection; compilation

3

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

3

battle formation; disposition of troops

3

oblong; vertical writing style (e.g. on envelopes); portrait orientation

1

enemy general

2

to aim at

3

straight line

1

to make a breakthrough; to break ground

1

great physical power; animal strength

2

portion for two people

1

last month

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

1

to misunderstand

3

dividing into parts

3

to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on

2

great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique

1

man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man

1