jpdb beta

alliance; union; league

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up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual

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company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)

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intelligence gathering; information gathering

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equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

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if you think about it; come to think of it

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agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting

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to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed

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to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern

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fork; junction; diverging point; turning point (e.g. in one's life); crossroads

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought

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isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words

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sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

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to quicken; to speed up; to gather speed

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confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent

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nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib

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explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence

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to be completely weakened; to be utterly exhausted; to be worn out; to be completely at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be greatly annoyed (by)

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to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart

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answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result

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thirst for knowledge; intellectual thirst

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lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

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after school (at the end of the day)

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person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff

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all present; all concerned; all of us

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to throw away; to abandon

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disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray

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to pile up; to accumulate

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substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

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counter for people

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the next era

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to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself

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large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university

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conference room; place of assembly

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participant; entrant; player; competitor

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to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider

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to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

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to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (of a cat)

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recitation; reciting from memory

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to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

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thinking nothing of ...; undaunted by ...; in defiance of ...; in spite of ...; in the face of ...; ignoring ...

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gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

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to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over

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to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business

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to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

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as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction

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Oh well; yeah; good; OK

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studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)

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appearance; air; condition; state; form

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