jpdb beta

dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview

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to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice

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insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind

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being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net

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leaving someone behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

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sense; sensation; feeling; intuition

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... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

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self-introduction

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whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

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in a subdued voice; in undertones; in a whisper; in a mumble; in a murmur

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to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar

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control; check; restraint; inhibition

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to stare back (at); to glare back

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originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible

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to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up

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to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger

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assembling (in full force); muster; lining up; gathering; getting together

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

1

to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable

1

false; hypocritical

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to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

1

refutation; rebuttal; retort

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to exercise one's authority (over); to influence; to glare (at); to scowl; to glower

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to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue

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person concerned; interested party; related party

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looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator

2

incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling

2

root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune

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to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old

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frivolous; flippant; superficial; flattery; (insincere) compliments

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to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)

3

(stroke of) luck; (unexpected) good fortune; godsend; windfall

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participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in

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to call on someone; to call at a place; to ask; to inquire; to hear; to be told

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to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort

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to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

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to begin to speak

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passenger; traveller; traveler; tourist

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quotient; business; merchant; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

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one school; one sect; one denomination; one party; one faction; one group

3

head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major

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I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)

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prisoner (of war); POW; captive

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testimony; (verbal) evidence

2

city

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point in common; common feature

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exceedingly; extremely; decisively

2

time; season; period; phase; stage

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point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; perspective; angle

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association

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