jpdb beta

bridegroom

5

bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with

1

bride

6

to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy

1

the Inquisition

1

file; rasp

1

to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase

1

feeling of oppression

1

divorce

2

arbitration; conciliation; mediation

1

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

1

consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding

1

intonation; accent; modulation; inflection

1

instruction; direction; briefing

1

harmonious; peaceful; congenial; friendly; happy

1

generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual

1

way of talking; speaking style

2

stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

1

to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

1

big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage

1

to come and see (someone, something); to visit

1

(somebody else's) parents; both parents

1

joke

5

humor; humour

3

to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy

1

ad lib; ad-lib

1

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

2

charming; fascinating; attractive

1

to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem

1

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

2

office kitchenette; room with facilities for boiling water

1

long nail; spike

1

be; is

1

from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved

1

to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)

1

lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

1

to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager

1

terror; terrorism

1

subversive activities

1

inside; interior

1

playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp

1

beautiful woman with cold, standoffish air

2

to wither; to wilt; to droop; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to be depressed

1

performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment

1

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

1

cutting the cake (at a wedding)

1

album

1

screening (a movie); showing; to screen a movie

1

bride

1

to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

1