jpdb beta

small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest

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older brother

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sea cucumber (Holothuroidea spp.)

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living thing; living creature; animal; life

2

limp; listless; enervated; flaccid; wilting; soft

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to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve

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food texture; mouthfeel

2

highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly

1

fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly

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oyster sauce

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simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish

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to be palatable; to suit one's taste

2

gelatin; gelatine

1

form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

1

to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered

1

broth

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similar to; like

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for the first time in one's life

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huangjiu; undistilled Chinese alcohol made of fermented grains

5

to move forward; to move on

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from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say

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heavy drinker

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I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said

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representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number

1

(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer

2

unfortunately; sorry, but ...

1

required; needed; necessary

1

absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting

1

unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate

1

to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

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interpretation (i.e. oral translation); interpreter

5

contest; comparison; competition

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to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess

2

to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear

2

moderate

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to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory

2

to take care of

2

welcome; reception

2

to intervene; to stop (something)

1

(not) altogether; (not) wholly

1

liquor smell; tipsiness

1

time; pause; space; room

2

to drink someone down; to drink someone under the table

2

to look down on (someone); to make fun of; to put down; to treat with contempt; to underestimate

1

to chastise; to punish; to discipline

1

to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)

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to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

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in the belly; in one's heart of hearts

2

to smell; to smell of; to have a smell

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to pickle thoroughly; to pickle a large amount

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