jpdb beta

to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)

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baguette

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superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries

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consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice

3

approximately the same

2

wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness

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to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray

2

power; authority; jurisdiction

1

discretion; judgement; judgment

1

headquarters; head office; main office

1

report; information

1

to ask for; to apply for; to make an application for; to file a request for; to submit (e.g. one's resignation)

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pleasant; agreeable; comfortable; refreshing

1

in proportion to; according to; depending on

1

competent; suitable; qualified

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thank you

3

to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability

3

to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate

2

head of a garden; kindergarten principal; nursery school principal; park director; zoo director; head of a plantation

1

qualifications; requirements; capabilities

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3rd day of the month; three days

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Q; q

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recommendation; referral; endorsement

2

space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

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underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly

1

feigned illness

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duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck

1

ingenious; skillful; clever; deft; sophisticated

4

foreign-made

1

experienced; veteran; skilled; expert

1

disgrace; shame

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floriculturist

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muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line

1

(second) Boer War (1899-1902)

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service; duty; work

2

to manage something successfully; to be successful

1

(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront

1

business; work; operations; service; duties

1

shades of evening; dead of night

1

attendant; companion

1

Obon; Bon Festival; Buddhist festival for honouring the spirits of one's ancestors, held in mid-August or in some regions, mid-July; tray

1

manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

5

won't you

1

to keep standing; to stand motionless

1

out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location

1

surroundings; environs; circumference

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awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect

1

calm; composed; cool; quiet

4

indigestion; dyspepsia; inability to understand; lacking comprehension; half-baked knowledge

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