jpdb beta

exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite

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joining a club

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group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)

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to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of

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old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)

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religious group

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fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them

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way (of doing); method

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at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current

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to knit; to plait; to braid; to compile (anthology, dictionary, etc.); to edit

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spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb

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optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion

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successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly

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brand new; fresh

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to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste

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management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

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becoming employed by a government office, agency, board, etc.

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total exhaustion

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quietly; soundlessly

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to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die

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careful; elaborate; scrupulous

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omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)

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underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)

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spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)

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feeling keenly; fully realizing

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extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of

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(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front

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there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when

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layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)

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career bureaucrats

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pollution; contamination

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dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)

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personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR

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to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)

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matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case

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depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit

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pus; corruption; rot; evils

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interruption; suspension; break

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reservation; putting on hold; deferment

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pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray

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to brace oneself; to keep one's spirits up; to keep one's composure; to pull oneself together; to stay strong

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cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)

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to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted

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narcotic; drug; dope

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trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

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line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)

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trend; tendency; movement; attitude

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flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event

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