jpdb beta

to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate

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ten-odd; a dozen or so

1

Russia

6

second

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majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

6

two; 2

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HMS Sceptre (1802)

5

striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around

1

fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking

1

flickering; blinking

4

cross; cruciform

2

to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

2

breath; breathing; tone; mood

8

he; him; boyfriend

24

force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party

5

annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat

1

to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

1

negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness

3

be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)

8

advance; moving forward; progress

6

careful; elaborate; scrupulous

1

searching for the enemy

1

to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

2

result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently

10

electromagnetic

1

camouflage; disguise

1

to hide oneself

1

to ambush

1

prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante

8

discovery; detection; finding

3

absolutely; positively; decidedly

1

surprise attack

5

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

6

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

4

to take command; to give direction

1

commanding officer

1

at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else

4

to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment

1

shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation

3

to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to hunt down

3

full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

2

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

2

quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt

16

precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right

1

to tower above the rest; to be by far the best; to be prominent; to be outstanding; to be a cut above

1

flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)

2

ability; performance; efficiency

5

one may well say so, but ...; even more than

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

4

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

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