jpdb beta

if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

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to move forward; to move on

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don't you think?; indicates question

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monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself

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end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap

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to grasp back; to squeeze back; to grab back

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to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve

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a bit more; a bit longer

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by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

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dawn; daybreak

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to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to cool (of a mood); to be dampened (of enthusiasm); (arch.) to decline; (arch.) to weaken; (arch.) to lose its tone (of a musical instrument)

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east

4

weather; mood; temper

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dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding

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to explain the situation

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to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)

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research; study; investigation

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leading person; foremost figure

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eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression

4

clue; lead; key; handhold; hold

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to find out; to discover; to locate

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to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)

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self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

2

to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)

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military man; warrior; soldier

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dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish

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father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father

10

to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

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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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to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere

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and then; and so; and; so then

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puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious

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no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all

1

dad; daddy; papa; pa; pop

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stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

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to do so; to do thus

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being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)

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in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

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welcome; (warm) reception

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unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking

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honorific/polite/humble prefix

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old man; old geezer

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cheer; shout of joy

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to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign

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to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up

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clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely

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stare; gaze; fixation

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to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

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nonchalantly; without a care

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to declare; to speak out; to warn; to spit out (words)

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