jpdb beta

mother

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originally

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tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

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enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful

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

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dying; death; dead; useless; damned

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to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

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character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

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sun; sunshine; sunlight

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invisibly; secretly; privately

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to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract

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will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope

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life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life

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several months

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again; once more; a second time

2

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

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light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence

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to become; to amount to

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to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk

2

countries

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to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

1

alliance; union; league

1

formation; combination

1

performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact

1

splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight

1

southern part; the south (of a region)

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to; towards; for

2

call; appeal

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advocacy; proposal

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(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely

2

period; term; interval

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various kings; unproclaimed son of the imperial family

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princes; lords

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conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview

1

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

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ability to get things done

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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

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blameless; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect

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opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing

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aggressive war

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other people's affairs; somebody else's problem

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only; nothing but

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emperor

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regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to

1

sincere; earnest; serious

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speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression

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to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive

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admiration; wonder; astonishment

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what time; (lit.) which hour

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