jpdb beta

when in Rome, do as the Romans do

1

as (somebody) says

1

to race against time

1

hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

1

to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return

1

dubious; puzzled; suspicious

1

forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive

1

and (also); both ... and; as well as

1

direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)

14

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

4

pure; innocent; pure; unmixed; long kimono made from the same plain-coloured cloth

2

kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice

1

advice; warning

2

that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

10

out-of-order

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a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

2

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

1

place; room; margin; scope

1

powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging

2

urgency; emergency

4

upon arrival of an item (items); as soon as one arrives

2

immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing

3

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

3

how; in what way; I wonder

1

to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)

1

optimism; taking an optimistic view

1

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

31

disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

3

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

1

to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat

2

to detain; to check; to restrain

1

shopping; purchased goods

3

to do

3

economical; bargain; good value; good-value

3

manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks

1

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

5

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside

1

floor

3

common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide

2

(once) again

1

piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

1

lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs

1

careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate

2

food; food products; foodstuffs

1

underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

3

perfect; complete

9

submerge

2

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

1

much the same

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

2