jpdb beta

small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)

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sigh

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to find fault with

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willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

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really; truly; indeed; good grief

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not knowing at all (that); without the slightest idea (that); completely unaware (that)

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to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself

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to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch

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corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)

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preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

3

to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal

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father

6

next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour

4

eldest brother

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facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)

2

each; (arch.) you (plural)

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influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible

1

every person; each one; everybody

1

centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government

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head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

2

table

2

to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

1

approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction

2

above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous

2

map

3

to indicate; to show; to point to

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head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top

2

to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine

1

full operation

1

just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...

1

to win; to gain victory

2

quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

1

domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country

1

to make known

1

country; territory; domain; realm

1

magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification

1

because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

2

wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)

1

battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict

1

depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program

1

(some) more; even more; longer; further

1

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)

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person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others

2

thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love

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as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state

3

to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet

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