jpdb beta

to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply

1

to become pale; to turn pale

8

thread; yarn; string

4

to make narrow

2

you (plural); all of you; you all

7

anything and everything; just about everything

5

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

3

to be worried; to be troubled

16

please; I beg you; for mercy's sake

1

to spend time (on doing something)

9

eye disease

5

to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...

4

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout

10

to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal

2

unluckily

1

moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression

2

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

11

to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond

2

methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

2

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

3

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

11

direct sunlight; direct rays of the sun

1

eyesight; vision; visual acuity

2

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

2

now that you say that; now that you mention it

14

hearsay; rumor; rumour; report

1

with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning

13

loss of eyesight; loss of vision; going blind; blindness

1

to be in danger of; to be liable to

2

from now on; hereafter

11

to get help; to enlist aid

1

reemployment

1

economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal

4

one way or another; in many ways; in various ways

2

for this reason

12

crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

3

act; deed; conduct

6

child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face

4

to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was

4

pointing out; identification

12

that is to say; so that means

4

a throw; a fall

1

to continue (to say)

3

reading aloud; recitation

3

to be able to see

1

sculpture; carved statue; graven image

1

to keep silent

1

return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)

5

to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain

16

however; because; as

2