jpdb beta

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

2

idleness; inactivity

3

to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote

1

even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

1

to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)

1

to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for

1

to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate

1

earnest apology

1

gratitude; thanks

1

zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch

2

to sum it up in one word; ... is the word for it

1

trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)

2

lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb

1

rumor that appears to be quite true (rumour)

1

happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying

1

bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross

1

riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.); doing in collaboration; backing of the same candidate by different political parties

1

sitting with one's legs out to one side

1

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

1

hallucinogenic

1

medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic

3

using together (jointly); used at the same time

1

nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging

2

commander; commanding officer; CO

1

to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize

1

resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)

1

to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress

2

tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony

1

to make sure of the truth

1

to be able to conceal

1

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

2

corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with

3

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

1

to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else

1

gentlemen; men; the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)

1

to take advantage of an opportunity

1

to attack; to assault; to assail

1

remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively

1

lawless people; gang; malcontents; recalcitrants

1

unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit

1

to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

1

to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)

2

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

relief; embossed carving; bringing to the fore; throwing something into relief

1

to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)

1

polite; courteous; hospitable

1

to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)

2

hostage

3

candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination

1