jpdb beta

(school) subject; curriculum; course; item; heading; entry

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morals

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to poke; to push

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present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

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to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)

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to hold one's breath

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the former

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manufacture; production

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the latter

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circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

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beginning of the year; early in the New Year

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draft (of a document)

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to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)

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end-of-year

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bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

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from the start; from the beginning; from the outset

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going upstream; sailing against the current

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if it is the case that ...

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to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food

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swig; gulp

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food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply

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warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown

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more than one can eat

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large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)

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quite a lot

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faint, ironic or bittersweet smile

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sandwich filled with a fried cake of layered slices of ham

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professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser

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without permission; without notice

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way of eating; how to eat

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to leave behind; to misplace; to forget

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reduction by half; halving

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majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly

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stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire

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light meal

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bath

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dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview

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affirmation; affirmative (logic)

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to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively

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special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity

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large public bath

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by gender; according to gender; gender-segregated

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public order and morals; social standards; public policy

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public morals; discipline; rules governing social behavior

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disorder; disturbance; unrest

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permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon

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ladies first

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joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem

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crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid

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to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive

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