jpdb beta

check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit

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system; institution; organization; organisation

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to make merry; to be festive

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to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

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compared with

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dual personality; split personality

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to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

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sudden change; complete change

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the one before last; two generations, etc. previous

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angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)

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check; restraint; oppression; suppression

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release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)

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some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous

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television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

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waist band; girdle; sash

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check mark; tick mark

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one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

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being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.); being taken aback; recoiling (in shock, disgust, etc.); zooming out or pulling the camera back to get a wider image (in film and TV)

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first impression

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restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget

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kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

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just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that

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mistake; error; blunder

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condescending attitude; arrogant attitude; looking down on

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explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling

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free kick

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head; dome; bean; nob; noggin

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to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard

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being unable to read the situation; being unable to pick up on the mood of a conversation

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reaction; response

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reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation

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thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)

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relations with women

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sexual harassment

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harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment

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claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection

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letter; note

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form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence

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rule

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nine; 9

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item; article; clause; section; point

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to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed

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gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn

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dangerous; perilous; threatening; stern (expression); hostile (attitude); sharp

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self-respect; prudence; not acting rashly; taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

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to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says

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indicates emphasis

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to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper

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but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess

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that sort of; like that

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