jpdb beta

to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right

2

denial; negation; negation; NOT operation

1

hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion

1

as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is

1

in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover

1

to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over

1

cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent

1

excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)

1

off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant

1

target

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

to lure (someone) out; to lure away; to decoy out

6

blunder; miss; slip; oversight

1

if I do say so myself

1

conspiracy; collusion; complicity

1

to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to adjust; to regulate (e.g. rhythm, tune, one's breathing)

1

time and effort; trouble

1

crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated

1

to carry in; to bring in

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

1

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

1

just now; a moment ago; this very minute

1

midday; broad daylight

1

successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another

1

of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing

1

to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

1

to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing

1

red hair; ginger hair

4

league; federation; union

4

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1892 collection of short stories by Arthur Conan Doyle)

1

recording (in a book, the minutes, etc.); printing; including; recording (audio or video)

1

piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story

1

story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend

1

pawnshop

2

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host

4

noon; midday; daytime; lunch

1

smooth (i.e. without problems)

1

organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)

1

to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)

1

success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity

1

case (container); case (instance, situation); case

2

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

1

(in) one's absence

1

house where the family is out

1

which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...

1

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; neglecting (e.g. one's studies); leaving unattended

1

stealing; theft

1

what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty

1

what is it?

1

(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy

1