jpdb beta

reduction by half; halving

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dukedom; duchy; principality

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strategy; artifice

1

maintenance; preservation; improvement

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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false accusations; unfounded suspicion; groundless charge; wet clothes

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throne; first place; top spot; championship

1

regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts

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peace; harmony

3

while crying; tearfully; in tears

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seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

2

to knock down; to knock off

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many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly

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(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"

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et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

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having had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon

1

queen (consort); empress (consort)

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commencing with; including

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sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)

1

truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; indeed; really

1

older sister; elder sister

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mother; wife

1

heartrending; pitiful; saddening; pathetic; heart-breaking

1

both hands

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to cover one's face

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to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow

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inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked

1

enumeration

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(spare) time; free time; time off; leave; resignation; dismissal

1

fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas

1

to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust

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to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood

1

ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid

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decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly

1

bloodless

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

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to have sparkling eyes; to have shining eyes; to have a gleam in one's eyes

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useless; futile; vain

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fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry

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yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing

2

charisma

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leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader

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absolute

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bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh

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amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute

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I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason

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taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)

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plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme

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to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

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to remain; to be left

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