jpdb beta

self-justification; excuse

1

favourite dish (favorite); favourite food

1

cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)

4

to eat a mouthful; to take a bite

1

right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages

3

taste; liking; preference

1

to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail

1

turmoil; chaos; confusion

1

vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel

3

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle

1

gap

1

rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power

3

inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage

1

period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)

6

source; origin; exit; way out; (appropriate) moment to come out; (right) time to appear

4

rioters; mob; insurgents

4

Creator

1

divine messenger; messenger of a god (esp. an animal messenger)

1

to feel nostalgic for the past; to look back fondly on the old days; to yearn for days gone by

1

how much; how many; what amount; what extent

2

of all people

2

bull's-eye; the mark

3

to think thoroughly

2

underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface

2

whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly

1

pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal

1

decapitated head of an enemy

1

despondency

1

high spirits; gleeful mood

1

feeling of loneliness; feeling of desolation

2

(for a conversation) to wander from the subject; to get off track

2

to think of; to come up with

1

having done ... by mistake; having messed up ...

1

to speak fluently; to be a good talker

1

without authority; without reason; unnecessarily; recklessly; indiscriminately

1

to strike each other; to come to blows; to fight; to say (useless things, facetious remarks, etc.) to each other

2

raging waves; stormy seas; hardships; troubles; adversities

3

billow; surge; large wave

1

to wash away; to rinse off

1

empty lot; vacant plot of land

4

ultimate goal

4

rare; seldom

5

anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case

3

approach (to a problem, issue, etc.); approach (of a long jump, aircraft's flight, etc.); inrun (of a ski jump); approach (to a building, mountain, etc.); approach shot

1

shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low

1

old soldier

1

tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend

1

to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by

1

to wash away; to sweep away; to carry away

2

general public; the masses

1