jpdb beta

to want; to desire

1

laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

3

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

1

demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour

1

(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

1

system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship

1

dummy

1

radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things

1

hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

2

foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead

3

grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth

2

déjà vu

2

bombshell announcement (statement)

1

no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine

1

current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present

1

cross in a circle

1

day of month; counter for days

1

promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate

6

ability to think

1

to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter

1

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap

1

one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick

1

coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)

1

reminiscent talk

1

to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known

1

to stop by; to drop in for a short visit

1

to steel oneself to; to brace oneself

1

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

1

interruption; suspension; break

1

certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

offense and defense; offence and defence

2

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace

1

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

1

exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change

1

each other; one another

4

incurable illness

1

to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over

1

a quarrel; argument

1

intensification; aggravation

1

even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should

1

to come back; to return; to recur

1

as usual; as is one's habit

1

(cow's) milk

1

packing; packaging; face mask; face pack; puck

3

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

1

link access protocol; LAP

1

trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype

1

number one

1

eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

1

altogether; entirely

1