jpdb beta

to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)

1

governor; leader; ruler

4

episode; anecdote; vignette

4

title

3

Tarr

1

to tease; to irritate; to tantalize; to keep (someone) in suspense

2

new rice; first rice crop of the year; novice; beginner; newcomer

1

cathedral

9

ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

2

grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)

1

to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)

4

lifting (a child) high up in the air

1

skylight; head

2

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted

1

life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation

2

to push (something) against

3

beat; palpitation; pulsation; throbbing

2

exile; banishment; eviction; elimination (e.g. of poverty); removal

2

to continue to rain or snow

1

faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre

1

to smell sweet; to be fragrant

3

liquid surface

2

knitting; knitted material; crochet

1

recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence

3

tea party

2

delay; lag; postponement; falling behind

1

high (e.g. spirits); merry; high; high (i.e. feeling of extreme pleasure)

3

plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception

1

(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah

1

dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing

2

irrational (line of) argument

3

to prohibit

2

to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked

1

digression

1

main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith

1

falsehood and truth; fiction and fact

1

probatio diabolica; devil's proof

4

logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument

3

consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

5

dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue

3

derailment; digression; deviation

1

anti-; hater

1

to be interested in; to take an interest in; to care about

1

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

2

investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody

1

complete denial; complete disavowal; total negation

1

suspicious

1

-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of

2

antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

1

to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate

1