jpdb beta

able; capable; competent; talented; efficient

3

still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least

1

instability; insecurity; crankiness

1

within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal

1

to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite

1

one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand

1

wings abreast (e.g. birds in flight); single garment made to look double

1

dagger; stiletto; confidant; right-hand man

1

making matters worse; adding insult to injury; (lit.) bees to a tearful face

1

to walk in on; to tread upon

1

sharp; keen; acute

1

how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio

1

beloved; dearest

2

childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)

1

years later

1

unmarried; single

1

reputation; respectability; honour; honor

1

mother

2

outer surface; outside; outward appearance; manner (with others); demeanour

1

honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken

1

to treat badly

1

bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent

1

growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing

1

excuse; explanation

1

to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)

1

unluckily

1

to spend one's days in tears; to weep day and night; to live in sorrow

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

1

to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied

1

to come to light

1

divorce; dissolution of adoption

1

confinement; imprisonment; incarceration

1

to come off (of a button, handle, lid, etc.); to go away (of a fever, pain, swelling, etc.); to disappear; to be harvested; to be picked; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)

1

convenient

1

flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely

1

boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. of a debate); excitement; soaring (of prices); shooting up

1

to sweep away; to wash away; to dredge

1

to plunder; to grab; to snatch

1

memento (from a dead person); souvenir; keepsake; orphan; posthumous child

1

edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)

1

to leave one's seat

1

separation; farewell; parting

1

to sacrifice oneself (for); to give one's life (for); to follow (someone) in taking the same action (out of respect or loyalty; e.g. resigning together with a superior); to follow suit (out of a sense of duty); to follow (one's master) into the grave; to commit suicide (after one's lord has died)

1

fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

1

cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

1

very loose; slowly; leisurely

1

to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity

1

to smash down; to batter down; to beat in; to destroy

1

inheritance; something given or received

1