jpdb beta

prominent; eminent; leading; foremost; distinguished

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influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

1

to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort

1

to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach

1

with a start; with a jump

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to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

1

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

3

to become haggard; to become gaunt; to become emaciated; to become worn out (from illness, worry, etc.)

1

intellectual

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close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related

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for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account

2

superiority complex; sense of superiority

1

absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate

1

compensation; reparation; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation

3

to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with

1

competitive spirit

1

scene; spectacle; sight; view

4

meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast

1

overflowing; effusive; exuberant; bountiful

1

nowhere

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to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

1

suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly

2

abhorrent; abominable; detestable; ominous; inauspicious; unlucky

1

to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape

1

for the first time in one's life

1

pit of one's stomach; bottom of one's heart; one's true feelings; one's innermost thoughts

1

plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

1

resultant; consequential

1

to understand each other

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irritating; frustrating

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to limp; to drag one's feet

1

body blow

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as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...

1

reduction by half; halving

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indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)

2

to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely

1

to stare back (at); to glare back

1

superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance

1

bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful

1

to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine

1

to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide

1

deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely

1

reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse

1

ambition; aspiration

1

to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)

1

cannot possibly be

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memory; sense; experience

1

clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely

1

to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to put into words; to refer (to)

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

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