jpdb beta

hundreds

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year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)

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to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued

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warfare; the maelstrom of war; disorder brought about by war

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period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

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to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

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

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sublimation; sublimation (of an impulse); sublimation (i.e. transforming into a purer or nobler form)

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peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy

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this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

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end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)

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very small; tiny; insignificant

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island country

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skirmish; brush (with the enemy); minor battle; squabble; (petty) quarrel; argument

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nothing but; except; no more than

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to know; to be aware (of); to sense; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

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youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

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equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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I; me

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silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow

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lance

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if; when; and; as well as; with; together with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)

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so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)

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long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged

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to cross swords (with)

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else; in addition; besides

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to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed

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that; the matter in question

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praise; admiration; commendation; approbation; applause

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price; cost; value; worth; value

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honour; honor; glory; renown

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to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop

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good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

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this sort of; of this kind; of the sort; such

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chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox

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thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality

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because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly

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to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)

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insolent fellow; rude fellow

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head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)

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absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate

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as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")

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to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)

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hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff

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to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in

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