jpdb beta

killing two birds with one stone

1

rational; reasonable; logical

1

middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

1

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

1

bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

1

eye measurement; measure with eye

1

to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

1

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

1

to do

1

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

2

apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia

1

emergency staircase; fire escape

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)

2

elevator; lift; elevator

1

escalator

1

storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

1

anger; wrath

2

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

charm; incantation; spell; code that is not (yet) necessary to understand; required boilerplate code

3

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

1

to cut; to slit; to cut open

1

going into a frenzy; flying into a rage

1

to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

1

preference; priority; precedence; right of way

1

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

anything and everything; just about everything

1

(pet) owner; keeper

1

timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish

1

good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response

1

to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter

1

uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan

1

proud; haughty; arrogant

1

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

1

to harm; to cause harm to

1

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

1

to pierce through; to break through

1

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

1

eagerness; enthusiasm; fervor; excitement; fighting spirit; fighting mood

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

1

desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application

3

atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty

2

ten-year-old; ten year old

1

cuff; armhole

1

to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. a page); to turn back; to double back; to enter (the second half; e.g. of a match); to do immediately (e.g. call back, answer an email)

1

heartwarming; pleasant; charming; amusing

1

floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey

4

lump of ice; block of ice; ice floe

4

(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)

1

being frozen in ice

1