jpdb beta

security guard; doorkeeper

6

to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening

1

leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

1

acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption

1

to resort to violence

1

small; little; few

2

pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows

1

foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me

1

opening fully; full throttle; full power

2

rate of expansion

1

homosexual (person)

1

mischievous child; scamp; rascal; elf; imp

1

sandwich

1

hard wiring

2

present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)

1

beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully

2

technician

1

tipsy; pleasantly drunk; mellow; entranced; enchanted; captivated

2

file

13

lucky; fortunate

1

fluke; chance; pure luck

3

to keep (a person) waiting

1

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate

6

mottled pattern; patchy pattern

1

to be weary; to be worn out; to be fed up (with); to be sick of; to be dejected; to be dispirited

2

scoundrel; rascal; villain

1

to be a prostitute; to work as a prostitute; to sell sexual services

1

stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade

1

gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else

1

bolt from the blue; great surprise

1

quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient

1

mad dog

1

cunning old man

1

bargaining chip; bargaining tool

2

handling one's workmen

1

be; is

1

to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other

1

before; previously; ahead; Pardon me for leaving (before you)

2

to torment; to harass; to tease

1

to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire

1

bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

1

contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

1

bell (often globular)

1

deathbed; dying hour; one's death

3

nimbly; lightly

1

to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)

1

to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that

1

bondage, discipline and sadomasochism; BDSM

1

pessimism; weariness with life

2