jpdb beta

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

1

to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

3

when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

1

together; jointly; at the same time; with; both

2

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

1

to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken

1

to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)

1

nice; likeable; desirable

2

to (do) like this

1

to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account

1

epilogue

1

Martina

51

to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out

1

without a moment's delay

1

to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)

2

to die

6

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking

3

to do together

2

reluctant (to part)

1

to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)

1

to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate

1

not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe

1

to yearn for; to long for; to follow (someone); to idolize (for virtue, learning, status, etc.)

2

big job; great task

1

envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)

2

to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to

2

seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of

1

marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse

3

collateral family; subsidiary line; affiliate; coset

1

mission; errand; task; duty; obligation

2

criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something

1

execution

5

politics; government

1

entreaty; appeal; petition

1

to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert

1

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

3

son

1

Wolfram

8

violent shock; agitation; turbulence; turmoil; upheaval; excitement

1

biological older brother

2

dying; death; dead; useless; damned

1

to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included

1

insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy

1

opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

4

influence; power; might; strength; potency; force

1

Alstede

3

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

4

backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back

1

though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless

2