jpdb beta

honesty does not pay; life is unfair

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liar; fibber; lying

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one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

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bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless

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to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down

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in this way; like this; this (much); so; uh; er

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to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to

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furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

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wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent

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whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

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to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

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danger; peril; hazard; risk

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to increase; to grow

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that's a different matter; that's a different story

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proper; appropriate; due; suitable

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number; amount

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appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right

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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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present condition; existing state; status quo; current state

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difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy

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almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion

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certain victory

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plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick

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shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)

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if it's the case

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what

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trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance

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indispensable; essential

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same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...

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family; relatives; dependents; household

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be; is

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number one; first; best; most; game; round

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suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

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when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days

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to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

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for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first

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truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic

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beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously

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determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone

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to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with

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thus; in this way

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conference with much socializing but little real progress; (lit.) the congress dances (but doesn't progress)

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possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)

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to give (an example); to list; to summon up (e.g. all of one's energy); to gather; to arrest (a criminal); to capture; to nominate (e.g. for a position)

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endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever

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decision; determination

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rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing

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they; them

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to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment

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only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to

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