jpdb beta

peace; harmony

1

heir; inheritor; successor

1

family precepts; family motto; rule of the home

1

to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

1

the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate

2

I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...

3

to get in touch with

2

silent; mute; dumb

1

to rack one's brains

1

absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

1

specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

1

great majority

1

no objection; nothing to criticize (criticise)

1

wholeheartedly; with heart and soul; intently; with undivided attention; with intense concentration; single-mindedly

1

severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair

2

contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

4

arrest; apprehension; capture

5

capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive

4

originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

1

practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic

1

hoarding; storing away (without using)

1

acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance

2

going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court

2

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

1

telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret

1

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

1

star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)

1

warm; mild; warm (of a colour); mellow; having enough money

5

dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

1

to find out; to discover; to locate

1

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

1

to waive one's right; to waive a right

1

time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance

1

morning; a.m.

1

nine o'clock

1

to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex

1

considerably; greatly; a lot

4

choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position

1

to mistake (A for B); to misread

1

too much; excessive; too

2

some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous

2

to cling to; to embrace

5

clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance

1

thereupon; shortly thereafter

1

to happen to meet; to come across

1

verbal message; word (from someone)

2

term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)

1

one week

2

to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt

1

never mind!; don't worry about it

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