jpdb beta

criticism; critique; review; commentary

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separation (e.g. of rubbish when recycling); classification; discrimination; division; distinction

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race (of people); type of person

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daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision

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moral or political commitment to a cause

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Minister of Health and Welfare

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mistake; blunder; slipup

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apology

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to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot

2

patient

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byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse

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snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)

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to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell

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underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)

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-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of

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to come back

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to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to

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such; like that; that sort of; very

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concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

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to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise

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hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole

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general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

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isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine

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great erudition; extensive knowledge; vast stock of knowledge

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to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

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self-satisfied look; triumphant expression

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marking; grading; scoring

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to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction

1

to speak ill of; to disparage

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great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough

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spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention

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to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on

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the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)

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pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires

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personal; individual; private

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to lock up; to shut up; to imprison

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cabinet minister

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lamp; light

1

fire; flame; blaze

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terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

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force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum

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to spread (flames)

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to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out

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(power of) imagination

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lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation

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to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see

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white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

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Japanese writing paper (lined with a square grid, one square per character); manuscript paper

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origin; beginning

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see; you see; ha

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