jpdb beta

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

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whole surface; entire

2

seasonal

1

horseback; riding

5

to throw oneself; to jump; to leap

1

door; doorway

3

to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)

1

running fast; double time; cantering; doing things in a hurry

2

estimated time of arrival; ETA

1

after death

1

arc (esp. electrical)

4

how many hours?

1

inner palace (reserved for women); harem; seraglio; consort of the emperor

2

to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten

1

please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of

2

friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured

1

to take a fancy to something; to be moved; to feel inclined to

2

mixing of public and private affairs; mixing business with personal affairs; mixing work and private matters

1

while crying; in tears

1

to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind

3

to drag in; to pull in

1

to accord someone every courtesy

3

one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn

26

to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart

3

to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)

1

touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)

1

exaggerated; overblown; pretentious

1

spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence

12

please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother

1

undoubted; unmistakable; definite

1

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

2

silhouette

1

to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time

2

one's eyes; (pair of) eyes

1

to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)

2

to form a group; to form a bunch

3

trembling with excitement

5

manservant

1

small boat

1

history

3

to become pale; to turn pale

3

trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

2

tablecloth

1

parasol (esp. one that is secured to the ground); sunshade; (beach) umbrella

1

orange (colour, color)

2

please sit down; please have a seat

3

special bargain sale

1

feeling of food or drink going down one's throat

2

sense of defeat

5

judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; referee; umpire

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