jpdb beta

head; lead; vanguard; first

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guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark

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comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger (on two-way radio)

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to hesitate to say

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indeed; it's no wonder

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preservation; retainment; keeping

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how long; how far; how much

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completely; absolutely; totally; (not) at all

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diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)

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sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness

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to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest

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to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive

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pleasant feeling; good vibes

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(getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired

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like that; so

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should do; ought to do

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to find the resolve (to do); to make up one's mind (with); to act on a thought

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marking one's own test

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average; mean; balance; equilibrium

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now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which

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to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind

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chill; shakes; ague

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fierce; intense; severe; violent; strong; vehement

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saga

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tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health

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even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation

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good luck; fortune

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though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other

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no use; useless; not fit for its purpose

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disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful

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to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)

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less than; under; below

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front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context

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contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

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to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind

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standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

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losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

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even if not; even without

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to get tired of (doing); to lose interest in

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to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough

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ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery

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hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little

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new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date

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scenery; scene; landscape

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unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha

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to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability

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axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

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confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging

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certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons

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front; frontage; facade; main

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