jpdb beta

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

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situation

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to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

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to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

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one's study hours (time)

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to perform in tune with each other; to get along well; to be in perfect harmony; to make a perfect pair (team, etc.)

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to be renewed; to change; to be improved; to be reformed; to stand on ceremony; to be formal

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age; years

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now; nowadays

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boy; bellboy; porter; waiter

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office

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no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake

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(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement

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casual; doing something without taking it too seriously

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to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of

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chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus

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as a child; when one was a child; childhood

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neighbors; neighbours

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omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement

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thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab

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title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

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taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.); walking by oneself; talking a walk by oneself; walking unaided; being able to walk without help; standing on one's own feet

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to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)

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especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though

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(public) park

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at that time; in those days; at that moment; then

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to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

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near oneself; close to one; familiar

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dramatic

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pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant; keeping at arm's length; avoiding (something unpleasant); shying away from; giving the batter an "intentional walk"

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to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand

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close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum

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to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)

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unfeeling; heartless; cold-hearted; cruel

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good deed; good conduct; benevolence

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to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)

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clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect

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relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation

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hurt; injured

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affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

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to divert; to distract

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that day; the very same day

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yearned for; longed for; missed

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to bear; to endure

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reopening; resumption; restarting

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steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)

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soul; spirit

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group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)

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somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra

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a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

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