jpdb beta

cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)

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as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

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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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for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze

1

time (three times, each time, etc.); times

2

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

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conviction; belief; confidence

2

inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure

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denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation

4

to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...

2

hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors

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woman; female; feminine gender

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mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance

3

to ponder; to brood

2

answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising

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olden days; former

2

old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago

2

technical book; specialized book; treatise

1

theory

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daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

1

product; produce; result; fruit

1

area; domain; territory; field; range; region

1

substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

2

-like; sort of; similar to; resembling

1

to look old; to get old

1

parchment

3

to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out

2

explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend

2

a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily

1

reply; answer; response

1

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

1

to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)

3

to scan; to look over

2

summary; digest

1

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

1

founding of a nation

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at that time; in those days

3

antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation

1

puniness; youth

2

neighboring countries; surrounding countries

1

cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible

1

exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

1

old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly

5

to die out; to become extinct

1

young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

2

children

1

smiling face; smile

1

poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable

1

assistance; aid; support

1

Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960); significant breakthrough; great strides

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