jpdb beta

followers; hangers-on

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

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to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen

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to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity

1

tall (of a person)

1

high class; high grade; high rank; seniority

1

past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40

1

man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man

1

left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left

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(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support

1

to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home

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woman; female; feminine gender

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to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else

1

shoulder

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jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket

3

far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far

1

watchful waiting; careful supervision

2

after that; afterwards; thereafter

1

structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance

2

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

1

to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come

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inn

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one room

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually

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missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown

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is that so?

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opinion; point of view

2

abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping

2

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly

1

first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

1

lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person

1

difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect

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concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)

3

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion

4

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

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three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China

3

Pope; Buddha

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system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation

1

three; three years of age

1

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

1

public order; public peace; public security; law and order

2

basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation

1

direct control

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always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively

1

somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other

1

pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

1

to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle

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core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

1

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

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