jpdb beta

(hamster) wheel

3

power; motive power; three-phase electricity

3

waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane

1

circulation; rotation; cycle; loop

1

drawbridge; bascule bridge

1

raising and lowering; fluctuation (of prices, interest rates, etc.); praising and belittling; setting out (meals, etc.) and clearing away; ebb and flow (of the tide); rising and falling (pitch, tone, etc.); modulation

1

here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

1

load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

1

progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

1

transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage

1

beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time

1

terrain; geographical features; topography

1

to fit; to suit

1

characteristic; (distinctive) feature; peculiarity; spot color; spot colour

2

well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge

1

retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing

1

length of one's stay

1

10th day of the month; ten days

1

interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance

1

living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate

1

mainly; primarily; mostly; largely; chiefly

1

scenery; scene; landscape

3

sensitivity; sensibility; susceptibility; receptivity

1

distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)

1

to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone

2

(in) the mountains; (among) the mountains; (through) the mountains; (in a) mountain valley

1

evening sun; setting sun

1

to feel attracted by; to be fascinated by

2

superb view; picturesque scenery

1

giving a broad smile

1

having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full

1

room allocation; assignment of rooms

2

to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)

2

sleeping together; sleeping with; sharing a bed

2

to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do

1

being too late; losing one's final chance

1

good grief

1

prohibition; inhibition; ban

2

with a screech; with a whine; with a shrill; with a sharp pain (in the head or teeth after eating or drinking something cold); getting a brain freeze

1

to move out (of); to leave; to vacate

1

straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly

1

dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour

1

detour; roundabout way

1

scenic; beautiful; picturesque

1

plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place

2

stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)

3

trade; commerce

1

(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream

1

commerce; trade; business

1

east, west, south and north

1