jpdb beta

agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)

1

business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task

1

office (e.g. the Oval Office)

6

to breathe heavily

1

to wear extra clothes; to dress formally

1

sanction; approval

1

beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially

3

death; mortality; to die; to pass away

2

relief; rescue

2

general

3

painter; artist

1

just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

3

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

2

to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

2

urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

1

ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to

1

to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved

1

Magna

45

to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)

2

speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...

4

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

1

wrinkle; crease; ripple

2

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

2

studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to

1

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

1

divorce; dissolution of adoption

1

to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

2

jest; joke; funny story

1

fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale

1

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

10

capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

2

to ask a question; to begin to ask a question

3

inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike

2

right (to do something); authority; power

2

making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure

1

to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in

1

temple (side of head)

1

lady-killer; philanderer

5

cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling

12

what's the best thing to do?; what to do?

1

being independent; standing on one's own; becoming independent

2

how; in what way; how about; questionable

2

personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

1

happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately

2

other than; excluding; without

2

father

11

approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)

1

beautification; glorification

1

joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

1

knight on a white horse; Prince Charming

1