jpdb beta

checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers

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on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

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to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)

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gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)

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one; one

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pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.

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to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill

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guardian deity

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Creator (of all things); Maker; God

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spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity

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to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

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row house built on top of a castle wall; row houses surrounding a main residence; having great knowledge about Buddhism; Vaisravana (one of the Four Heavenly Kings)

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to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)

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chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

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how many; how old

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seventeen; 17

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smile

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the present age; these days; (present) head of the family

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to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

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to do

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encroachment; invasion; erosion (e.g. of market share, rights); erosion; corrosion

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to be similar (to); to be akin (to); to be like

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so far as

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usually; under usual circumstances

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to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

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no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

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contiguous (of land); adjoining; adjacent; continuous (with); connected (without a break); seamlessly linked

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antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis

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divine protection

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strategic arrangement of go stones at the beginning of a game; opening moves; preparations; preparatory steps; arrangements

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mobilization; mobilisation

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experimental results

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reflection (of light); reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.); application (of an update, changes, etc.); taking effect

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in advance; beforehand; previously; ahead of time

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useless resistance; vain struggle

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unluckily

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to smile (at someone)

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to stay indoors; to be confined indoors

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as if ...; as if to say ...; as though ...

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large build; large pattern

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long talk

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will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words

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remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)

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to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)

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as anyone can see

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fatal wound

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to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something

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excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling

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mass; quality and quantity

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mane (of a horse, lion, etc.)

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