jpdb beta

devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice

2

persecution; oppression

2

miso soup

3

burial at sea

1

to feign ignorance; to play dumb

2

to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent

2

to pour on

16

asking a question back (e.g. to an interviewer)

2

saturation; satiation

3

fearfully; timidly; cautiously; nervously

3

making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure

4

from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best

46

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

63

opinion; intention; thought

6

modifier

1

true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience

35

to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)

5

that is to say; so that means

42

certainly; by all means

4

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

4

so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case

3

partner

32

doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

54

being all smiles with joy

7

upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth

1

imprisonment

1

one's remaining years; the rest of one's life

1

Bipalium

2

to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish

3

to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down

1

eight o'clock

2

to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)

8

to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

9

departure

2

to leave one's seat

13

desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech

6

apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)

1

grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold

1

massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust

1

it is I who should say so

58

to lay aside; to set aside

2

to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

22

just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

52

somewhat large; of a larger size; on the large size; large swing (bat, racquet, etc.); long sweeping stroke

11

grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness

3

ornament; decoration

6

to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

10

mis-match

17

fashion

6

to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque

7