jpdb beta

acquaintance

1

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

4

good-looking man; fine figure of a man

1

one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look

3

to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed

1

daughter

1

jest; joke; funny story

2

originally; by nature; from the start

1

is not; am not; are not

3

(some) more; even more; longer; further

9

roof

7

soldier

1

place hidden from view; cover; shelter; hiding place

1

weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset

4

sharp; keen; acute

2

to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen

1

vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard

1

physical

1

to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare

1

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat

3

snake; serpent; large snake

4

patient; persevering

2

to marry (a woman); to take to wife; to take in marriage

2

more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once

3

proxy; representative

1

attendance; participation; presence

1

what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

3

lady; nobleman's wife

2

(someone else's) child; child; kid

1

coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay

2

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

1

deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing

1

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

4

to hate; to dislike; to loathe

1

somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why

1

indicate reason; infers some protest

1

the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life

3

another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking

2

doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

1

conspiracy; collusion

1

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

1

profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing

1

unrelated

2

to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

1

softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

6

to push someone (towards); to encourage someone

1

guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement

2

to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest

5

one's house; one's home; one's family

2

to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation

1