jpdb beta

to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)

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after a short time; in a short while; a short time later

2

reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)

1

to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on

3

fireplace; hearth; stove

1

living room (Western style); sitting room

1

high class; high grade

7

law; act; method; mood; dharma; law

8

to wake up; to rouse out of bed; to knock on the door and wake someone

1

now that; since; so long as; because

1

under investigation

4

major incident; major happening; big scandal

1

(yet) again

1

police; police officer; police station

1

settlement; solution; resolution

2

quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord

1

being on duty; being on watch; person on duty

1

to clear one's name

1

at present; now

1

search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry

1

gun; rifle; small arms

5

toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything

3

to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even

1

martial law

1

harbour; harbor; port

1

blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

1

at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money

1

pen

2

parchment

3

to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle

1

to hand over; to surrender

1

to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

1

what do you want?; can I help you?

1

your Excellency; his Excellency; her Excellency

2

to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)

1

to squeeze out; to wring out

2

to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)

1

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

1

hearing casually; hearing by chance; learning by hearsay

1

memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

1

thread; yarn; string

2

to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over

1

to annoy; to cause trouble

1

oppression; suppression; pressure

1

to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of

1

slaughter; massacre

2

disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful

1

angle

2

overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)

1

plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking

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