jpdb beta

a dime a dozen; two a penny

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general

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merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience

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conversely; on the contrary

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educator; teacher; educationalist

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pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely

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many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous

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Nogi Maresuke (1849.12.25-1912.9.13)

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chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken

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superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!

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sumo (wrestling); sumo wrestler; rikishi

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learning; study

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house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building

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principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress

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to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get

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mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

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clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling

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study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science

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to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service

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one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

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absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate

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degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction

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to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone

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to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort

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little by little; bit by bit

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political strength

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position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint

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before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed

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clique; faction

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to boost; to force up; to push up

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one's last moment; one's death; one's end

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this much; this amount

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dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing

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probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not

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very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)

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motorization

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postponement; deferment; adjournment

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spreading; disseminating; scattering; diffusion (of light, gas)

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vigorous advance (while attacking the enemy); sweeping advance; string of wins; series of great successes; unbroken run of success (in business, entertainment, etc.)

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tragedy; tragic event

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clergyman; churchman; clergy

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supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

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homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country

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very bottom; rock bottom

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to thrust down; to push off

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Len Deighton

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to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

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(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all

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to be bloodthirsty

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Kita

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