jpdb beta

(a) look; gaze

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study; diligence; working hard; experience; knowledge; discount

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head; chief; top student; head of the class; top seat; first desk (in orchestra)

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after graduation

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professional duties

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accomplishment; execution

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cold reception; inhospitality

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to spend all of one's time in idle amusement

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looking at from the corner of one's eye; sidelong glance; disregarding; ignoring; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

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evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights

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(one's parents') home

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long ago; a long time ago; already

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to leave as is; to ignore

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request for money; touch

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foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige

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to be helpful; to be useful

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to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

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suicide

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to succeed to a house

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debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark

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repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption

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cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention

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turning point

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king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne

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accession to the throne; enthronement

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at a young age; while still young

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meritocracy; merit system

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to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish

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(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

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unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected

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to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on

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to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)

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appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of

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to look down (on); to condescend (to)

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(practical) business; business practice; business affairs; (actual) work

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case worker; case officer

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pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking

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just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable

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at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

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to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away

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amorous feelings; feeling of being in love

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rendezvous; tryst; (lover's) meeting; (secret) date

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success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

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catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)

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chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse

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to become pregnant

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(audio) recording

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to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)

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prime minister; premier; chancellor

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to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with

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