jpdb beta

best; ideal; perfect

1

husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

1

people (of a country); nation; citizen; national

4

to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally

1

to toady; to be obsequious

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

2

(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)

1

to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up

3

as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect

2

vassal state; vassal nation; dependency

1

marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons

2

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

1

judgment; judgement; divination; judgement

1

talk; conversation; dialogue

1

approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)

2

politics; government

1

to prosper; to flourish

1

to have a pulse; to be alive; to have a chance; to be not altogether hopeless

2

knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes

1

charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal

1

to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)

1

to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)

1

royalty

6

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

1

diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

2

incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person

2

my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband

2

to pluck; to pick; to nip off

1

good opportunity; chance

1

sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)

1

to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into

1

keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills

1

solid; firm; steady; unshakeable; unwavering

1

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

1

clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain

2

that's so, isn't it

3

purity; chastity

1

certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt

1

nowhere

1

(please) look; see; (please) try to do

1

to tell a lie; to fib

3

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle

1

tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length

1

sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing

2

to pretend

1

clear; obvious; evident; bright; light

1

habitual

1

besides; moreover; in addition

1

phrase; strawberry

1

employment position or rank

1