jpdb beta

sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic

1

gentle; mild-mannered

1

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

1

white beard

1

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

5

to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter

4

old man; old geezer

2

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

1

grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)

12

to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

3

arbitration; intercession; mediation

1

(talk of a) moneymaking scheme; moneymaking idea; get-rich-quick proposal

1

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

1

making some money; earning

1

appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession

1

mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person

1

Igor

1

trade; commerce

1

town; city; municipal; urban

1

coral

2

archipelago; chain of islands

2

red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

4

continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

4

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

1

consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice

2

to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)

2

preface; introduction; preamble

1

otherwise; or else; if not

2

solution; solution strategy

1

to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

1

to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent

1

acquaintance; friend; familiar face

1

coordinator; coordinating role

1

one day; (on) a certain day

1

true character; real nature

1

to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known

1

seventy; 70

1

-years-old

2

birthday

1

pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

1

to have a drink; to have a few drinks

1

face to face; between two persons

1

bar; pub; tavern

4

to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

4

famous; notorious; noted

1

to sit silently at a meeting

1

plan; idea; design; plot

1

birthday party

1

on bad terms; at loggerheads

1

sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)

1