jpdb beta

penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor (hard labour)

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to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time

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to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet

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political offense; political offence; political crime; political offender; political prisoner; prisoner of conscience

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separate; scattered; apart

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women and children

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Polander; Pole; Polish

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Hungarian (person); Magyar

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Armenian (person)

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Kurd

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residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood

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district; area; zone; quarter; section; region

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miner

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citizen (of a country); citizenry; citizen (of a city); resident; bourgeoisie; middle class

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garrison; military base

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contact; liaison

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permit; license; licence

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daily necessities; everyday item

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bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment

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lodgings; quarters

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drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler; (animal) watering hole; water hole

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Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR

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flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

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to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch

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idle; bored

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Joseph Stalin

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to begin to

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to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

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companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners

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repair; mending

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to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand

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paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement

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kern; Kahn

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supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor

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pass (e.g. backstage pass)

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contents of a document (esp. of a letter)

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probable; likely

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ideal; ideals

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to struggle in the water; to be drowning; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted

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none other than; ... himself; ... herself

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front tooth; foretooth; incisor

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dirt; filth; grime

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prison uniform

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else

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odd; strange; queer; peculiar

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to age; to grow old (esp. in appearance); to show marks of age

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even

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uneducated; ignorant; illiterate; arhat; person who has attained nirvana

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losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown

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party-internal; within the party

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