jpdb beta

indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless

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to fill in a hole; to plug a gap (money, personnel, etc.); to make up for a deficiency; to cover a deficit

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use; utilization; utilisation; application

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copy-and-paste; copypasta (block of text that is copied and pasted across the Internet)

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somehow; for some reason; without knowing why

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liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point

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spoil

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altogether; entirely

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utmost limits; extremity; limit

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simplification

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to forcefully excrete; to force out (of one's body); to push out; to let out (a fart); to drop (a turd); to give birth to (a baby)

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full of; brimming with

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general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different

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to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan

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to abandon; to give up on; to desert

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who benefits (from that)?; who cares?; who would want that?; pointless; of benefit to no one; of interest to no one

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dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame

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to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated

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failure; mistake; blunder

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one may well say so, but ...; even more than

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to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after

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several people; some people; a few people; a number of people

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(period of) a year; during the era (of)

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media

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OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary

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one-by-one; separately; in detail

2

binding (someone) hand and foot; being tied down (by rules, obligations, etc.)

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to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten

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to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)

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then; if so; if

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immediately; right away; on the spot

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copyright; publishing rights

2

transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)

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for the time to be ripe; for the moment to have come; for the situation to be ready for action

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accumulation; accumulate; store

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out of office; out of power; in opposition; unaffiliated (e.g. researcher, scientist); in private practice

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capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

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to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for

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followers; subordinates; being under someone's command

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to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)

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in every nook and corner; from A to Z; from head to toe; from cover to cover

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to wander from place to place; to change jobs

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enterprise; business; company; corporation

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to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

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on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time

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to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up

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years later

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until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it

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