jpdb beta

chef

1

seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate

1

to shrug one's shoulders

2

devoted husband

1

extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness

9

cunning; crafty; wily; sly

2

probe each other; sound each other out

1

ostensible (surface) reason

1

mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short

8

taste; smooth talking; reception; hospitality

4

fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit

2

juice; soft drink (usu. fruit-based); sweetened drink

1

exaggerated; extravagant; overdone

1

hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; appetiser; starter

2

salad

3

maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting

3

to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl

2

to wish to go well; to have good intentions

1

marriage proposal; marriage talks

4

support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy

3

to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)

1

(stand to) attention!; standing at attention

1

suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression

1

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

2

indirect

2

to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die

1

boyfriend; male friend

1

to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap

1

burden; nuisance; bother; hanger-on; dependent; parasite

1

close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

6

the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain

3

to remain married for life

3

housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters

1

having special circumstances (e.g. problems, issues, advantages, flaws, defects, etc.); imperfect (merchandise); with defects

3

having one's choice; (ability to) pick and choose

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

2

(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

2

weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation

1

to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)

4

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

1

to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth

3

milk-white; milky

1

years later

2

making practical; making useful; implementing

2

perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime

2

absolute secrecy

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

1

dispersing; vanishing

2

after all; in the end; when all's said and done; for the time being; at present

1