jpdb beta

measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel

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historic; historical

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to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind

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mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary

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juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord

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secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

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shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)

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this time; now

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coup d'état; coup

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to exchange; to replace

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yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr

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avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

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language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking

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lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision

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sincere; honest; faithful

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to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of

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passage; section

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to have the nerve to

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perfection; flawlessness

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support

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to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

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inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care

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to court; to woo; to approach defiantly

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to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of

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utility value

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to show in; to usher in

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benefit; use; good; profit; gains

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pet (animal)

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those (near the second person)

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one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

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to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

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(one's) life

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to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

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doesn't even exist

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mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but

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hoarding; storing away (without using)

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to look down (on); to condescend (to)

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irritating; aggravating; upsetting

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how old?; what age?

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that's so, isn't it

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500; five hundred; many

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millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

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easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going

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to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal

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to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

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at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion

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idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish

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