jpdb beta

shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone

2

trivial; not amounting to much

3

here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order

1

start; beginning; starting (e.g. a race); departing; starting point

2

difficult to get into; not be easily influenced into joining some mood or activity

2

entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly

1

crystal ball

2

to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

1

all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

1

all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

2

all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy

1

one by one; one each; one at a time

3

food and drink; eating and drinking

1

to be the case that

1

charge (for admission, a meal, etc.); fee; price

1

order; command; directions; instructions

1

good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark

4

watermelon splitting (game)

2

to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish

2

Middle East

1

parasol (esp. one that is secured to the ground); sunshade; (beach) umbrella

3

huh!; oh; wow; I see

1

tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; thing damaging to the eyes

1

gravure; photogravure; rotogravure; gravure picture

1

one's long-cherished desire

1

pleasure of looking (at something beautiful or precious); sight for sore eyes; feast for the eyes

2

grammar

1

absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing

1

warm-up exercises

1

upper half of the body; upper body

1

ahem

1

tenacity; endurance

3

water's edge; beach; foreshore

3

to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out

3

go on!; right!; here goes!

1

retaliation; revenge

1

to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more

3

to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back

1

game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match

8

sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy

1

sly; cunning; sneaky; miserly; mean; stingy

1

strategy; tactics

4

to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into

1

fair attack; fair tactics; straightforward approach; standard procedure; established method

1

mine (ours) for the taking; something under one's full control

1

heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah

2

lie; rye; rai (Algerian music style)

4

block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)

2

heavy blow; thump; wallop; belt; whack

2

curved; forming the shape of an arch

1