jpdb beta

cough; ahem

1

unceremonious party; free and easy gathering; party with no regard for formal etiquette or status

1

limit; bounds

1

as it is; plain (truth); bare; undisguised; unvarnished; unexaggerated

1

a few minutes later; after a few minutes

1

daddy; father; husband

1

overhasty; rash; premature

1

marriage; matrimony

1

report; notification; registration

1

just kidding; Not!

1

easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous

1

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

father-in-law; foster father; stepfather

1

barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house

1

bodyguard; bouncer; bar (on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence

1

(a person's) appearance; looks

1

to get along well with; to make a go of it

1

to step forward; to volunteer

1

woman; lady; adult female

1

refined; genteel; graceful; decent

1

war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

1

(seat at) the head of the table; seat of honour (honor)

1

to be tinged red

1

nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than

1

to eat; to drink

1

what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about

1

from (this, here, etc.); since (this)

1

concrete

1

gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element

1

(on) land; ground; shore; track and field; athletics

1

training range; training grounds; training area

1

military uniform

1

automatic rifle

1

inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit

1

intelligence test; IQ test

1

judgement; judgment; decision; ruling; finding; adjudication

1

conference room; council room

1

meeting

1

academic advisor (e.g. at a university research lab)

2

uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual

1

in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater

1

teacher; instructor; professor

6

promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

1

nosebleed

1

to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees

1

begging for one's life; pleading for one's life

1

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small

1

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

1

soft sound; dampening (of sound)

1

march; parade

1