jpdb beta

two at a time; two by two; in twos

2

sponsor; promoter; impresario; organizer; organiser

1

with a friendly grin; smilingly

3

left side

2

on inquiry; if inquiring

1

homecoming; returning home

2

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

1

careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous

1

dropping (of tears, dew, etc.); falling off; dropping off; inadvertently (coming to the surface); letting out (e.g. a secret)

1

breakdown; rupture

1

splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!

1

progress; development

1

dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish

1

highest grade; superlative degree

1

logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel

3

skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument

1

two classes; double; two sets

1

brother and sister

1

materialistic; worldly-minded; uncultured

1

to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus

1

go home; get out

2

expressing one's feelings; communicating one's intention; declaration of intent

2

showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude

1

suspicious-looking; fishy

1

Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)

1

calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification

1

a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone

1

lack of words; being tongue-tied; suppressing what you want to say

1

so far as

1

feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace

1

to trick; to cheat; to deceive

1

to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)

3

humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code

1

to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel

1

oddity; eccentricity; peculiarity

1

pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission

1

embrace; hug; holding in one's arms

2

quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh; extremely irritating thing

1

daytime; midday

1

ardent; passionate; vehement

2

to cover one's face

1

to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on

1

to exchange words

1

ill-bred; poorly brought up

1

opening fully; full throttle; full power

1

preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

2

Audrey; Audley; Awdry

4

to plot an assassination

1

assassination

1

to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end

2