jpdb beta

unexpected meeting; coincidence

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question; inquiry; enquiry

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treatment (of a person); dealing with

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to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

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to say; to be called; to do

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unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

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to stare back at; to look back at

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challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

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still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...

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it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

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to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

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to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)

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to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

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darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy

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curtain; hanging; bunting

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lanthanum (La); lantern

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to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

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to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

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to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate

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copying; duplication; reproduction; copy

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book; volume

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to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric

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amount of material resources

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learning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)

3

to need; to demand; to take; to require

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to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan

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lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

2

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull

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to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good

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God only knows what may happen

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there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much

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to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride

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assertion; declaration; affirmation

2

one week

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continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

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west side; west bank

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to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish

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steep peak; steep ridge; high rugged mountain

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steep mountain; craggy mountain

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east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!

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to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped

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goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

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to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals

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simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved

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(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

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stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop

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flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)

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to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

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properly; in a good manner; sophisticatedly; seemly; in a dignified way

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to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off

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