jpdb beta

having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)

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and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

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to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten

1

it seems that; as if

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to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)

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layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity

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inexcusable; unjustifiable; sorry; remorseful; excuse me; (I'm) sorry

1

to apologize; to apologise

1

going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease

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perquisite; perk; side benefit; emoluments

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fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)

2

robust health; able-bodied

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old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self

3

large amount of money; great cost

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technique; art; skill; move

2

to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry

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to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit

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practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout

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in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert

2

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...

5

casting; cast-metal object

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by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally

1

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

1

what; what?; hey!

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competition; contest

1

staged event; faked situation; prearranged performance

1

match fixing; put-up job; fixed game

1

on rare occasions; once in a blue moon

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to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

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giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

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anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever

1

growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way

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to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post

3

sympathy; compassion; pity

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to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood

1

small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest

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breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing

1

relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)

1

claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

1

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into

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knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning

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leaving somebody behind; abandoning someone; marooning someone

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stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)

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memory; sense; experience

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to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge

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eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently

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guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

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to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone

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to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way

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to mix; to stir; to blend

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