jpdb beta

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)

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(Roman) senate

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secret; private; surreptitious

1

doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

1

rule; reign; government; governing

1

himself; yourself; herself

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act

1

reason; cause; history; origin

1

absolutely; positively; decidedly

2

beautiful woman; (a) beauty

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mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

1

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

1

boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn

15

whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity

1

to make something look better; to put into (good, better) shape; to put up a front; to pose; to pretend

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to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do

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to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)

1

to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to

1

so far as

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only once

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head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

1

meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting

1

silver (color, colour)

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to fear; to be afraid of

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a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace

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to serve; to work for; to attend

2

overwhelming

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fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare

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possibly; maybe; perhaps

1

battle; game; bout

1

to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together

1

to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo

1

to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court

1

as a matter of fact; to tell the truth

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to inform; to notify; to know; to reign

1

entering; going into

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appearance; arrival; make one's appearance

1

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

1

control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order

1

acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for

1

careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent

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only natural; no wonder; as expected; of course; as it should be

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to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

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freshly severed head

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display

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index

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to govern; to manage; to subdue

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scene; spectacle; sight; view

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here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up

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