jpdb beta

to grasp; to get

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to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

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to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline

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exactly opposite (of)

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surely; certainly

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to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

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sense of defeat

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irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness

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to torment; to torture; to harass

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paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow

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three-legged race; cooperation with singleness of purpose (e.g. between companies); operating in tandem

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to put on track; to make go to plan; to put into orbit; to send into orbit

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20 years old; (arch.) twenty

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to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in

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patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master

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royal family

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purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele

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glory

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quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

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to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut

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lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch

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demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

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specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

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to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

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to do over; to remake; to resume

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injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid

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interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)

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overpayment; paying too much

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order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement

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to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

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how many years; how long; what year

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prime location (for offices, housing, etc.); best district (in town); excellent piece of land

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cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

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to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with

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to sell off; to sell completely

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being open but having virtually no business

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memory; recollection; remembrance; storage

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to fade; to become dim

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sudden; abrupt; unexpected

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to disappear; to vanish

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to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred

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home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains

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load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility

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progress; pace; carriage; step; stage

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financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time

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to do together; to share; to participate in

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hysteria

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to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding

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somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion

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

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