jpdb beta

quiet; dependable; uniform; (politically) moderate

1

inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)

1

to chide; to rebuke; to reprove

2

speech; expression; wording; language

1

to be careful; to pay attention; to take care

1

to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

2

to accord someone every courtesy

1

insolent fellow; rude fellow

2

idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon

1

face

1

to besmirch; to sully

1

sad; wretched; deplorable

1

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

5

thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

3

to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)

1

to state; to express; to mention

1

adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

1

biological child; one's own child

1

forgetting; lapse of memory

1

duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage

2

position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view

5

second degree of kinship

1

depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

1

further; above; anymore

1

if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so

1

higher rank; better position

1

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)

1

to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss

1

and (also); both ... and; as well as

1

excuse; explanation

3

in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether

3

to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of

1

running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody

1

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

3

unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

1

pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting

1

restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

1

to leave as is; to ignore

2

of low (mean, inferior) character

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honor; honour; credit; prestige

5

be considered; be deemed; be thought to be

2

to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside

2

resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

4

to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous

1

drawing one's sword

1

permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize

1

five (long cylindrical things)

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to smash; to break

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explanation; vindication

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until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

3