jpdb beta

house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name

4

centre; center; pivot; central nervous system

1

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

3

(political) power; authority; influence

1

strength; power; proficiency; ability

1

than; from; out of; except; but; more

4

mighty; powerful

1

not so

1

they; them

10

to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to

1

force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort

2

power balance; balance of power

1

to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)

1

any more; any further; any better; any longer

2

disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem

1

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way

2

measure; step; action

1

consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion

3

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

2

16; sixteen

1

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

4

family a woman has married into

1

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

2

century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time

1

east

1

independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation

2

to affect; to impact; to influence

1

national power

3

to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on

1

decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card

1

age 10

1

natural; reasonable; understandable

1

age difference; disparity in age; age gap

2

essential; important; crucial; vital; main

2

the third

1

halite; rock salt

4

pit (esp. of a mine)

4

to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)

1

cold; coldness; chilliness

1

area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)

1

severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)

2

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

1

food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

1

one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation

1

to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals

1

export; exportation; efferent

2

bare livelihood; subsistence

1

to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo

1

real harm; actual damage

1

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

1