jpdb beta

cheap hotel

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chief clerk (in a shop, managing affairs on the owner's behalf); head clerk; store manager

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oval shape; egg shape

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first; new

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large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)

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continuous service

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pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply

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economic condition; economic circumstances; financial situation

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(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)

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high; noble; refined; advanced

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to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess

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unreserved

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deeply impressive; memorable; striking

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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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modest; reserved; discreet; careful; prudent; circumspect

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name; designation; denomination; naming; giving a name

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to stop talking; to break off; to pause

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cough; coughing; tussis

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affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

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great; excellent; distinguished; important; awful; terrible

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lady; gentleman; person

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eye for people; ability to judge character

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bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving

1

unprecedented; record-breaking

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(of a kind) never to be seen again

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reputation; fame

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in the background; not standing out

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rapid decrease; sharp reduction; sudden drop; recession

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facilitation; smoothing; streamlining

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to become brilliant; to become cheerful

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subordinate; subordinates; inferior; inferiors; junior

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adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation

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physical disorder; incongruity; incompatibility; inconsistency

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unavoidable; inevitable

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to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret

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poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)

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important person; strategic person; key figure

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nature; disposition; quality; that which does not change according to external influences

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epicure; gourmet

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walking sound; footsteps

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one's own room

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putting beneath other goods; being at the bottom of the pile; lowly position; bottom (of the ladder); obscurity

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to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale

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stereotyped; patterned; typical

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speaker

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aiming too high

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rivalry (between two irreconcilable forces); conflict; strife; mutual overcoming cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood overcomes earth, earth overcomes water, water overcomes fire, fire overcomes metal, metal overcomes wood); excessive destructive cycle

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emotional; sentimental

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complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective

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beautification; cleaning up; tidiying; glorification; idealization; romanticizing

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