jpdb beta

calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification

1

day after day; every day

1

thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue

1

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

1

cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality

1

elite unit; elite troop

1

destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe

1

acquisition; possession

2

lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

1

inconstant; unprincipled

1

assumption; supposition; hypothesis

1

one's share; one's portion

1

several years

1

alliance; union; league

1

damage; injury; loss

2

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

1

national defence; national defense

1

to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)

1

shadow

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series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza

2

from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial

1

clique; faction

1

dealing with; coping with

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politician; statesman

1

greedy

1

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

1

blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace

1

all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation

1

to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen

1

number of persons; personnel

1

property; fortune; assets

1

to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline

1

live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger

1

to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

1

profitable plan; good plan

1

to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

1

clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave

1

to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back

1

to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain

1

private talk; confidential talk; secret talk

1

to be led by; to be headed by

2

recommendation; putting in a good word for someone

1

power; authority; influence

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

1

king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne

1

recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination

1

young person; youth; young

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to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)

3

the reverse; other side; lining

2

statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker

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