jpdb beta

setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference

1

quiet; still; surreptitious

1

to insert; to interrupt; to slip in a word; to harbor (e.g. doubts); to harbour

3

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

2

rise; swell; elevation; upsurge

2

precondition; prerequisite

1

scolding

1

to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)

1

expression; look; countenance; face

1

oyster; oyster shell

1

to get used to hearing

1

heartbeat

1

certification; attestation; authentication; Imperial attestation

3

couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)

1

to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete

2

to cast in a mold (mould)

1

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1

logical structure

1

to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove

1

to lay bare; to expose; to reveal

5

to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words

1

to be associated (with); to be connected (with)

1

to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

2

to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer

1

theft; robbery

1

prevention; check

1

official announcement; proclamation

1

following (a precedent, former policy, etc.); continuing with; sticking to; observing

1

sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing

1

resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness

1

energetic; vigorous

2

not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure

1

a great variety of; diversity

1

sense of unity; sense of oneness

2

driving; pounding in; falling badly in love; putting (one's heart) into; step recording (in electronic or computer music)

3

to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)

1

upper side; surface

1

inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip

4

on the occasion of; at the time of

1

registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription

1

to be pleased; to be in a good mood

2

if things go wrong; if the worst happens

1

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

1

relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation

1

to pray for the repose of someone's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed

1

flash (of light); glint; swift strike; quick decisive move

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

2

not only

1

underside

2

bracer (arm guard used in archery); gauntlet (armour); glove (in kendo or fencing); strike to the forearm (in kendo)

5