jpdb beta

rule; government

1

Germany

1

one scene (in play)

1

balloon; blimp

5

to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily

1

not so

1

father and child; father and son; father and daughter

1

Alf

15

to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures

1

concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

3

incurable illness

3

last year

2

sudden death

2

meter; gauge; metre (i.e. 100 cm); meter; animator

1

to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with

3

decree; directive

1

to dirty one's hands

1

temporary; provisional; interim

1

chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan

1

payment

1

technology transfer

1

pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked

1

with an extreme cold (i.e. temperature); lonelily; lonesomely; (acting) coldly (toward someone)

2

to fade; to become dim

1

chainlike

1

ocean liner

1

silvery, snow-capped mountain

1

morning fog; morning mist

4

collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally

2

pump-priming; rousing; stimulation

1

getting tired of; getting sick of; getting bored with; getting fed up with

1

imperial throne; the Crown

2

only child

1

tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits

2

imperial throne

3

family register; census

1

abdication

2

flesh and bones

1

to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted

2

to tear off; to strip; to rob

1

great-grandchild

3

to defile one's reputation; to besmirch one's name

1

smuggling; contraband trade

1

to have medicine be effective

1

experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation

1

ordinary person; untitled individual

1

laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction

4

cough; coughing; tussis

1

coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming

1

prayer; wish; vow

1