jpdb beta

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

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retort; back talk; backchat

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sound of an explosion

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to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)

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something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time

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to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears

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hiccup; hiccough

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diaphragm

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physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy

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without doing

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predicament; difficult situation

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sacrifice fly; bunt

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to be manageable; to be able to handle

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thereafter; after doing that; followed by

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front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive

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dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)

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legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order

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iridescent colour; equivocal (reply, statement, etc.); ambiguous; vague

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concrete proposal

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to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other

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useless member of society; hopeless case; failure

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to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle

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swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man

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slug

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seeing off and meeting on return

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

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distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert

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(world of) politics; political world; political circles

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to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)

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celebrity; personage

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Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people

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adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

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(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure

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envy; jealousy

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criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

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modest; reserved; quiet; humble

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to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying

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a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that

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ghost; apparition; goblin; monster; something unusually large

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nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin

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to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

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I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect

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to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...

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blast it!; bloody hell!; by thunder!; you bastard!; god damn you!; motherfucker!

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of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant

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Johnny; Jonny; Johnnie

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nervous

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to crack (person's voice); to squeak

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program (e.g. TV); programme

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slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)

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