jpdb beta

(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience

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truth

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imported; foreign-made

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not yet known; unknown; strange

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temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction

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with one's own hands

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to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer

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creed; doctrine; dogma

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to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer

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to emphasize; to attach importance to

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another person; others

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to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious

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feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

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therefore; for that reason; so; because of that

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to plunder; to grab; to snatch

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my; one's own; I ...; one ...

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to increase; to add to; to augment

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condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)

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to suffer; to groan; to be worried

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diplomatic

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pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

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national border; provincial border

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with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word

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war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces

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excelling; surpassing; outdoing

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doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief

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-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

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(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable

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resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag

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occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

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bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism

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generations; ages; years

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to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one

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too-good-to-be-true offers (e.g. scams and frauds); too-good-to-be-true stories

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reaction; recoil; kick; backlash

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short term; short time

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to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself

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

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downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction

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just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of

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to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after

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turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)

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inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple

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to put back up; to stand back up; to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate

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time of death; one's final hour; one's end

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to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

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failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

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to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up

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construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation

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to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass

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