jpdb beta

knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting

1

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

17

fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child

1

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

7

parents; both parents

8

pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

1

misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate; checkered (life, career, etc.); varied; eventful

1

fate; destiny; lot

2

to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish

29

to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away

6

refusal; rejection; denial; veto

2

to do

2

mother

2

ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious

2

while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

1

friend

6

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

2

to order; to command; to appoint

4

both hands; both arms; ten

7

tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard

13

to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)

2

decision; determination

2

thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...

5

chief vassal; senior statesman

2

management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome

6

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

1

retainer; subject; vassal; servant

2

(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

4

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

2

two; 2

7

years later

2

birth; creation; formation

3

blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings

3

older brother and younger sister

3

same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

35

roof

1

under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side

1

to fully understand and agree; to be convinced; to be fully satisfied (with an explanation)

1

I see; that's right; indeed

5

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

5

endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement

21

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

17

to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

1

to give a glance (at); to take one look at

1

Oh well; yeah; good; OK

3

rather; better; instead; if anything

4

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

22

vivid; clear; distinct

1

to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder

1

to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do

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