jpdb beta

originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)

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quick on the uptake; quick to catch on; perceptive; intuitive

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head; chief; leader; the greatest (of all the ...)

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dense; dim; dull-witted; unsympathetic; slow to understand; slow on the uptake

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far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention

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influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following

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easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable

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-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

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to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)

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such; like that; in that way

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other people's affairs; someone else's problem

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to drive (e.g. a horse, carriage); to control; to manage; to govern; to rule

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(just) one's imagination

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to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative

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to send flying with a kick

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to order; to command; to appoint

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to run out; to rush out; to start running; to begin to run; to break into a run

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curious; strange; unusual

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good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression

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(an actor) conveying qualities of a character without gestures or speech; implied acting; implicitly asserting one's will (e.g. by sheer force of personality); performance using one's stomach (e.g. by drawing a face on it and animating it using one's abdominal muscles); acrobatics performed on a laid-out person's belly

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to like; to prefer

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to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature

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just how; how (dare you)

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royalty; royal family

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expression; phraseology

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news; word; tidings; omen; foreboding; premonition

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supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being

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calling (someone a thief, coward, etc.); branding (as); denouncing

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rude; impolite; mannerless; snotty

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to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

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preachy; sanctimonious

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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 guess; to conjecture; to surmise

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fool; nitwit; The Fool (Tarot card)

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general situation; general trend; general tendency; large majority (of a group, faction, etc.); majority group

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influence; effect; impact

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completely (quitting, etc.); entirely; thoroughly; cleanly (cutting, snapping off, etc.); in a single blow

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nice to meet you; I'm glad to make your acquaintance; how do you do?

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poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

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informal; simplified

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as rumored; as rumoured

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princess; spoiled girl; hothouse flower; glue

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one country; the whole nation; the whole country; stubborn; obstinate

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even though; despite; when

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playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp

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one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye

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to close (one's eyes); to shut

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scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

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like; similar to; something like ...; someone like ...

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directions; instructions; orders; command

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