jpdb beta

when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

1

puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex

1

to employ; to hire; to charter

3

both parties; both sides

1

what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

2

just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street

3

male homosexuality; sodomy; (arch.) male prostitute

3

good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy

1

to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

1

prohibition; inhibition; ban

1

(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah

1

to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral

1

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

1

gender equality; equal rights for both sexes; equality of the sexes

1

difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect

1

to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize

3

company; corporation; workplace

2

everyone

1

large company; large enterprise; large corporation

1

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

1

before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing

1

to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide

3

two by two; by twos; as a couple

1

to keep watch; to stand guard

1

nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously

2

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

1

in any way; to some extent; even if only a little

2

to get angry; to become perverse

1

hostess bar; bar with female companions for male customers

1

mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)

1

seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post

1

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

1

total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale

1

watch-keeping; guard; lookout

1

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

3

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

1

sleep

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sleeping face

1

to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin

1

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

1

root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base

1

alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)

3

cannot bring oneself (to do); unable to bear (e.g. seeing)

1

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

1

cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)

3

feeling of transparency; sense of translucence

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liquid

2

to sniff; to smell

1

standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

1

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

1