jpdb beta

to get a tiny share of the profits; to get a small share of what someone is enjoying

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group; party; team; organization; organisation; association

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representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number

1

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

2

call; summons; convening; convocation

2

to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind

1

20 percent

1

good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality

1

old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book

1

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

1

increasing the number of staff; hiring more people

1

daring attack tactic

1

to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at

1

principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders

1

to wait upon; to serve

1

master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee

1

as soon as; right after

1

individual; one by one; separate; each

1

sheep (Ovis aries)

1

death in battle

1

to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)

1

retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion

1

abandoning (hope, plans); giving up

1

or

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

outer surface; outside; outward appearance; manner (with others); demeanour

2

to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post

2

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

1

rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering

1

How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

1

wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language

1

program (e.g. TV); programme

2

barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear

1

to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; to be routed

1

ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice

1

to go into a huddle

1

every quarter; all sides

1

to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)

1

to skin; to peel

5

remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful

1

work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

2

to rank (as); to occupy (a position); to be located (in); to be situated

1

strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

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spiritualism; idealism

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formation

2

front row

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back row; last row; rearmost row

2

briskly; quickly; promptly

1

tragedy; tragic event

1

depopulation; decrease in population

1