jpdb beta

to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell

3

umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap

9

to hold (umbrella) over

3

bell (often globular)

2

detached; aloof; indifferent

2

to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun

3

good-looking; fair; beautiful

1

cloth width

1

observer

3

happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness

1

radiant smile; contented smile

2

whiz (e.g. projectile through air); swoosh; whoosh; whistling sound

1

imperative form; command

1

on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently

2

friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction

4

meandering; winding

1

euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect

2

shortest distance (to)

1

support; stay; prop

4

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

2

kindness (shown by others); courtesy; favor; favour; good offices

1

to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward

11

bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed

1

accomplice; co-conspirator

21

barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear

1

indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable

3

sharp-eyed; keen-eyed; easily awakened

1

entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining

1

agency; intermediation

2

evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity

1

to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on

1

conspiracy theory

3

secret society

1

trial; judgement; judgment

1

to apply for; to make an application; to propose (marriage); to offer (mediation); to make an overture (of peace); to challenge

4

administration of justice; judicature

3

to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up

2

disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty

1

to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

7

change; fluctuation

2

no trouble; easy; simple

4

evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround

3

rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)

3

to take care of; to bring up under one's personal care; to kill with one's own hands; to do personally; to handle (e.g. a job); to request that someone deal with (something)

1

fame; reputation; renown

3

to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of

5

to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over

6

power; influence

4

princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue

2

not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means; very hard to manage

4