jpdb beta

reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind

1

reputation; respectability

1

shrewd; astute; cunning; alert

1

origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry

2

to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer

2

to solicit; to demand; to extort

1

another meeting; meeting again; reunion

1

face; looks; vestiges; trace

1

bedroom

1

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

4

the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person

2

as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction

1

mine (ore)

6

some people; a few people; several people

3

to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards

2

what's what; heads or tails

1

end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring

1

dancer (usu. female)

1

to boil strongly; to be excited

1

to gain time; to play for time; to buy time

1

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1

blue eyes

1

backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal

1

to take part in a conference

1

direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person

2

red hair

4

to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)

1

emperor (of Japan); mikado

6

to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors

1

to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with

1

(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive

1

successor

1

boasting; big talk; bombast; Australian English

1

red hair; ginger hair

2

fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax

3

custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice

1

capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking

1

to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes

1

impossible; unlikely; improbable

1

cabinet minister

1

reference; allusion

1

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

1

understood; I see; OK; present; here

1

mother

1

to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul

4

wet nurse; nursing mother

1

to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor

1

child's room; nursery

1

to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away

1

I; me; you; manservant

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