jpdb beta

Gordon; Gauden

15

garrison; occupation forces

1

news; word; tidings; omen

1

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

2

saliva; spit; sputum

1

explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology

1

home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

1

isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation

1

spy; secret agent

5

to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)

1

to precede; to forestall; to anticipate

1

chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

1

to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct

3

steady; sound; solid; reliable; trustworthy

1

false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard

1

lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating

1

establishment; settlement

1

immediately; at once; instantly

1

to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb

2

dwelling; house; residence; address

1

rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless

1

to be given up; to be discontinued

1

to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

2

foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land

4

battle; game; bout

2

merry; joyful; gleeful

1

great cause; moral law; justice

1

next term; next period; next version; next release

1

honour; honor

2

helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret

2

outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs

1

to defend oneself; to protect oneself

2

leaving one's seat

1

to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)

1

purple; violet

1

number of persons; personnel

1

maintenance of public order; maintaining security

1

to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off

1

ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area

1

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

1

treasure house; treasury

1

room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

2

to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes

2

treasured sword

8

heart

4

nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade

1

to be helpful; to be useful

5