jpdb beta

recommendation; referral; endorsement

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system; institution; organization; organisation

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use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement

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member

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speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise

1

fixed interval; fixed period

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the heavens

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

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I see; that's right; indeed

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forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money

1

congratulations

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success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

1

to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

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government service; the bureaucracy

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measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy

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embassy

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to become better; to improve

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electoral irregularities

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ballot; vote

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Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty

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ha ha ha; hee hee hee

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sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course

1

someone; somebody

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to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

1

intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation

1

to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

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to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

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only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

1

(sound of) laughter; laughing voice

1

surely; certainly

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and yet; though; when; in spite of

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being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)

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that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?

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duty; role; function

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still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet

2

to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool

1

selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases

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no!; no no!; no, not at all

2

date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)

2

what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak

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one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission

1

appointment

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what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?

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shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable

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hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently

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to do as one likes

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various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)

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return; welcome home

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