jpdb beta

adjoining rooms

1

after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)

1

sounds good; sure thing; no problem

1

looking on from afar; being a spectator

1

to get dressed up; to treat oneself

2

newcomer; initiate; rookie

3

starting time

2

princes; lords

2

standing up

4

sudden illness

1

majority

1

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)

3

opinion; idea

3

proposal; proposition; suggestion

4

person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness

1

(find) common (meeting) ground

2

absurd; unreasonable

1

low tone; bass; low voice

2

in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

1

arriving in the capital

2

to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest

2

re-examination; review; reconsideration; reappraisal

1

to take a vote

4

majority decision; majority vote; majority rule

2

seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion

1

decisive moment; turning point; critical moment; win-or-bust situation

1

to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through

3

as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another; objection

2

taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)

7

human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness

1

to be unable to do; to find something difficult to do

3

agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning

1

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

1

present point (i.e. in history); at the present time

1

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

2

duplicity; treachery; double-dealing

2

(piece of) rope; ordinary method

3

pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus

1

noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills

1

to well up; to burst; to arise

1

advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system); (arch.) socialist; (arch.) communist

1

to find it hard to say

1

so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...

1

under investigation; under consideration; under review; pending (decision, etc.); awaiting verification

1

national ownership; state ownership; government ownership

1

sad; wretched; deplorable

1

in times of war

1

pressing; urging; demanding; demand

4

face

6

to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do

1