jpdb beta

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for

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when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

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extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more

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general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

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time; season; period; phase; stage

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summer vacation; summer holiday

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one's parents' home

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holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)

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long-term

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suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday

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middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

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festivals; feasts

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sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging

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to hold a ceremony

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courtyard; quadrangle; middle court

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pageant

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to hold (an event); to give (a dinner, party, etc.); to feel (sensation, emotion, call of nature, etc.); to show signs of

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to appear on the stage

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almost; roughly; approximately

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character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae

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(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

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to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up

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sacrament

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to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)

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antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester

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priest; monk; bonze

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someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)

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audience; spectator; spectators

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(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move

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odds and ends; all; every

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to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with

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heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion

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to rise; to swell; to be promoted

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to be enlivened; to be exhilarated

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group; mass

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to gulp down (a drink); to slurp

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indiscriminately; without consideration; irrespective of the occasion; paying no attention to the feelings or expectations of those nearby

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contagion; infection

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ignoring (one thing) for (another)

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rehearsal; preparation

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being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something

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when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)

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actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

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to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice

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artificial flower; imitation flower; artificial flower making

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bunch of flowers; bouquet

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making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance

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another idea

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now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again

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starring in one's own play, movie, etc.; directing one's own play, etc.

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