jpdb beta

culture shock

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admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

2

(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

1

taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.

1

you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

1

being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

1

gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting

1

classification; categorization; sorting

1

appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)

1

proud; lordly

3

slave; servant; slavery

1

carotid artery

8

sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness

1

to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)

3

to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)

1

to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy

1

to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)

1

estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation

1

idleness; inactivity

1

the very best; utmost

1

cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)

7

thick voice

1

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

1

to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

1

selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested

1

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

1

at that time; in those days

1

thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected

4

remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect

1

optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

1

to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate

1

wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane

1

self-hatred; self-abhorrence; self-loathing

1

missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

1

pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship

3

request; favour (to ask); wish; please

8

to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)

1

downcast look

1

to add (to); to add on; to append

1

direct

1

never again

3

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

1

one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism

1

hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable

1

to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)

1

complete change; about-face

1

to return; to come back

1

to wait eagerly for; to look forward to

2