jpdb beta

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

great man; magnanimous man

1

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

4

morning; forenoon; just before noon

1

breakfast

1

kitchen

1

chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community

1

visit; call

1

going on a pleasure jaunt

1

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

1

having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way

1

religious; spiritual

1

sense of temperature; thermoception; thermoreception

1

the problem (at issue); the point at issue; problematic issue; problem

1

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

1

munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)

1

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

3

to come and stay; to drop in; to visit

2

and they all lived happily ever after; having a happy ending; ending without incident

3

it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; inadequate ideas are worse than none at all

1

closely (sticking, clinging, etc.); tightly

1

unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible

1

hairstyle; shape of one's head; fish served whole

1

strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)

1

to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

2

just a little

4

to take (someone) to one place after another (forcibly); to drag (someone) around

1

awkward

2

suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go

1

to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate

1

unmarried; not yet married

2

hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction

1

as it is; frankly

1

first impression

1

to shave

1

fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies

1

firefighter; fireman

1

some days; several days

1

incessant working; working non-stop

1

godsend; lifesaver; timely offer; windfall

1

unprecedented; unique; unparalleled

1

heinous criminal; vicious criminal

1

in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of

1

contemporary history

1

rest; repose

1

energetic; vigorous

1

end; close; finish; end of play (in go)

1

criminal nature; criminality

2

public order and morals; social standards; public policy

1