jpdb beta

discretion; prudence; good sense; judgement; judgment; wisdom

1

to grow old; to age

1

dregs; lees; grounds; sediment

1

precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)

1

to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger

4

supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)

1

to run out of breath; to get breathless; to get puffed (out)

2

omnipresence; ubiquity

2

to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low

1

reflexes

1

manly; sportsmanlike; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; (arch.) unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); (arch.) pure

1

the mind's eye

4

to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path

4

ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy

5

to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees

1

to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence

2

rubbish; trash; garbage; worthless thing

1

sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care

4

to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly

1

virtual image; false image; pretense; pretence

1

both hands

1

streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)

1

to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite

2

laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)

2

disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic

1

clear; bright; sunny

1

for a long time

1

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very

7

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

5

avenger; revenger

1

when it comes to; concerning (an area of expertise)

2

heel (of foot, shoe, stocking, etc.)

1

love and hate

1

irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway

1

to die; to ascend to heaven

2

to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet

1

standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

2

to factor in; to take into account; to include in one's considerations

1

rough estimate; rough calculation; expectation; anticipation; plan

1

whole story; full picture; full particulars

1

pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention

2

to join forces; to cooperate

1

puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute

5

to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)

1

peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity

2

a bolt out of the blue

1

opening of hostilities

1

to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy

2

sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking

1

buttocks; gluteal; rear

3