jpdb beta

background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

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greedy

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to want; to desire

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fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry

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exaggeration

2

actual existence; real existence; existing in real life

1

present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era

1

more than anything (else)

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here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

1

basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)

4

continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe

1

name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense

1

to be soaked in; to be flooded; to be submerged; to be immersed in (joy, memories, alcohol, etc.); to give oneself over to; to bask in

1

unsigned; without a signature

3

charm; spell; curse; malediction; dharani; mantra

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document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

3

indeed; really; truly; very much

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to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded

2

beyond imagination; unimaginable

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book; volume

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what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any

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automatic

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to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash

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(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

3

scarcity; rarity

1

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

1

to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

1

based on; built on; made from

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we

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of course; certainly; naturally

4

gulpingly; in one gulp

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to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble

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highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)

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to talk nonsense

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protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm

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owner

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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

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best in the world

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indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)

1

to look at each other; to exchange looks; to correspond (to); to be proportionate (to); to be in keeping with

1

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

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party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party

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to be on a (completely) different level; to be on a different scale; to be in a different league; to be of a different order of magnitude; to stand no comparison

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hearsay; learning by hearsay

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to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate

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to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)

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imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

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to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up

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devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment

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undead

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