jpdb beta

pre-war days; before the war

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having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; (arch.) first; (arch.) foremost; (arch.) doing as one pleases; (arch.) acting selfishly

1

poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious

1

many years

1

working without pay; free service; work for nothing

1

young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

3

wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off

1

to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with

1

helper; assistant; help

3

old system; old order

1

route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)

1

to look down on; to condescend

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

4

certain; definite; clear; credible

1

belief; faith; conviction

2

simply; merely; only; solely

1

elite

1

human; human-like; as a person

1

growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

2

appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy

2

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action

5

to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for

4

main point; gist; essentials; bones (e.g. of an idea); pith

1

secondary; subordinate

1

humanity; human nature

1

maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling

2

mathematics; arithmetic

4

ability; faculty

1

parallel

1

examination war; fiercely competitive university entrance examinations

1

to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance

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(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

5

department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)

2

qualifications of candidacy for an examination

1

general education course

3

abolition; repeal

4

repeating a year (at school); staying in the same class for another year

1

manners; etiquette

2

education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education

6

the way one talks; one's way of speaking

1

to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

4

role-playing; roleplaying

1

thorough; exhaustive; complete

1

to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into

1

to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)

2

inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about

2

change; transition; vicissitudes

1

history

1

knowledge; information

2

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

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