jpdb beta

to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position

1

to bud; to sprout

2

(feelings of) love

3

to smash; to crush

2

to take someone's hand

1

to grip; to grasp; to squeeze

1

entreaty; supplication; petition

2

sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy

1

peace; harmony

1

to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy

1

absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively

2

answer respectively agreement or disagreement

1

by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all

2

to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature

1

real power

2

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

1

to shoot through something (wall, body, etc.); to pierce (e.g. with an arrow or a look)

2

to be dependable; to be reliable

1

competent; suitable; qualified

1

reliance; trust; faith; confidence

1

(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

2

to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest

1

politics; government

1

to antagonize; to provoke antipathy

1

behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy

1

to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

2

antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling

1

to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

1

any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand

2

to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

1

worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid

2

to make merry; to be festive

1

to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose

1

sensual love; love affair

4

inveigling; ensnaring; enticement; cajoling

1

to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

1

love affair

1

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

7

easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

2

careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking

1

to serve; to work for; to attend

2

style; way; shape; form; appearance; state

4

unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful

2

skill; dexterity; master hand

1

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

1

vassal state; vassal nation; dependency

1

to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

1

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

3

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

1

demand for; request

1