jpdb beta

(brother and sister) born of a different mother

1

bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement

3

father-in-law; foster father; stepfather

1

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

4

to be careful in speech

1

fungus; germ; bacterium; bacillus

1

threat; intimidation; menace

1

hostility; animosity; enmity

1

serious; important; significant; grave; weighty

1

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

3

at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just

2

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

1

urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once

1

to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over

1

not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it

1

skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

1

being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

3

silent

2

clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright

2

(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of

2

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

1

precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

3

reflexive; reflecting

1

even; but; however

2

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

1

everyone

3

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

1

sigh; long breath

2

(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody

1

field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly

1

to stop talking; to break off; to pause

1

unhappy; sad; gloomy

1

fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence

1

to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

5

to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart

2

near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal

1

to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy

1

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

1

to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)

1

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

3

knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes

3

devoted husband

1

pregnant

1

to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

3

because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece

1

only; just; since; after; remaining (in a particular state)

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

1

assertion; declaration; affirmation

1

to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)

1

to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

1