jpdb beta

grape juice

2

(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets

1

luncheon meeting

4

trend; tendency; movement; attitude

3

doing one's duty

1

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

7

monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself

2

empty-handed

1

reply; response; answer

3

judgment; judgement; discernment

3

to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

1

counter for choices, options, etc.

3

puniness; youth

1

help; assistance; service

5

to be well-known; to be famous

2

biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)

4

to knock down; to knock off

4

to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste

1

to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on

2

usefulness

2

husband and wife; married couple

28

iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable

4

to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match

1

collecting; assembling

5

foolish; stupid; silly

9

medical efficacy; effect of a medicine

1

to drug (someone, food, drink)

2

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

12

previously; already; for some time; for quite a while

7

gasproofing

12

flattery; cajolery; flirtation

4

food and drink

1

to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it

1

to taste; to taste of; to have a taste

3

to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)

3

snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

48

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

1

competent; suitable; qualified

6

sweetly smiling; like the smiling of a beauty; gracious

2

for some years

1

good-bye; farewell

1

to declare; to plead

3

sensitive (person, heart, etc.); delicate (issue, problem, etc.); sensitive; fragile; delicate; delicate (fabric, shade, flavour, etc.)

2

himself; yourself; herself

12

flattery; compliment

3

to press for an answer; to shower questions on someone

1

raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged

1

movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners

2

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

5

bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile

2