jpdb beta

to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)

3

while; even though; despite

11

modest; reserved

1

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

6

the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

3

such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!

75

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last

38

rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown

1

noble; aristocrat; peer

15

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

10

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

2

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

11

should; must; -able; probably; likely

27

father

17

awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

1

to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up

2

ahead; before; ago

6

battlefield; battleground

35

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound

13

although I say; although one might say; although called

8

to be born; to come into the world

1

each; respectively

4

different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)

1

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

45

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

31

to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to

5

isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...

7

mother

3

to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off

3

a few years later

1

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

5

to die

4

similarly; same (idea); same (name)

5

foolish; stupid; silly

2

the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since

9

serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady

2

daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)

32

two persons; two people; pair; couple

20

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

1

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

24

tax yields; revenue

4

maintenance; preservation; improvement

1

extraordinary; uncommon

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

3

by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

5

to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal

6

illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane

1

fatal; lethal

1

to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

2

to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back

95