jpdb beta

slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear

1

covered in mud; mud-caked

1

hiking through dense vegetation; pushing one's way through a thicket; bushwhacking

1

to slip off

1

anyone can see that; it's obvious that

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

2

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

1

I; me

2

years later

1

this time; now

1

strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

1

to start to move; to get going; to come alive

3

to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt

1

burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)

6

stinging hair (of a nettle, caterpillar, etc.)

1

to knock together; to strike against each other; to clash; to arrange (e.g. a meeting); to discuss (in advance); to coordinate

1

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

1

brand new

1

it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...

24

width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)

2

step; stride; counter for steps

1

by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)

1

to recall; to remember; to recollect

9

direct unforked road; straight path

1

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

2

to avoid misfortune; to escape danger

1

child (esp. one of elementary school age or younger)

10

Snow White

1

winding; meandering; wriggling; wiggling; waving; swaying

2

to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

3

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

3

under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)

2

curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar

1

mountain ridge; near a mountain

1

brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes

1

to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)

2

driver's seat (in a car)

1

to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)

1

mere; only; just; slight

3

several minutes; a few minutes

1

or

1

a few seconds; several seconds

1

staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)

2

lightly and nimbly; with agility

2

to disappear; to vanish

8

even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)

7

passenger seat; assistant driver's seat

5

camera

4

always; constantly; at all times; habitually

3

to take a picture; to take a photo

1