jpdb beta

effort; initiative; dealing with; bout (in sports, etc.); match

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et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

3

fifteen; 15

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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)

6

cycle; period

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approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like

11

formulation (of a plan, policy, etc.); decision; settling on

1

leadership; initiative; spearhead

1

degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; giving vent to one's frustrations; cooling off

1

Secretary-General of the United Nations

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(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

3

small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit

2

conscience

1

to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge

4

complication

3

to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically

1

worldly; secular

1

to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict

1

heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent

1

opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

1

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

2

there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion

1

to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress

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to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)

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little by little; bit by bit

3

to become better; to improve

5

relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace

1

cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying

2

inhumane; inhuman

1

strong nation; powerful country

1

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

4

spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion

1

thought; idea; ideology

6

terrorism

2

threat; menace

1

economic growth

1

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

1

space; room; unused land; room (for reconsideration, doubt, etc.); leeway; margin

1

one's own country

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control

1

correction; revision; redressing; rectifying

3

terror; terrorism

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

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to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate; to admire

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terrorist

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sympathy; compassion; pity

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to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)

1

to expel; to drive out

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to hide; to conceal oneself; to disappear (behind); to be hidden (by); to live in seclusion; to retire (from the world)

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rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything

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