jpdb beta

popular person; favorite; favourite

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fraudulent loans

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bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery

1

to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law

1

protest; refutation; pleading

1

however; but

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unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will

1

far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for

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equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival

1

good person; virtuous person; good-natured person; gullible person

1

rights and interests (esp. those a country holds abroad)

1

good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest

1

conclusion; completion

1

logic

1

rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous

1

plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme

1

stratagem; artifice; trick; ruse; scheme; tactics

1

long-term

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short term; short time

2

economic activity

1

to detest; to abhor; to loathe

1

to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve

1

medical facility

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approval; license; licence; permission

1

dream; vision; reverie

2

being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about

1

written oath; covenant; pledge

1

to tear up and throw away

1

other side; other party; other end (e.g. of phone connection); opposition

1

quick pace

1

beginning of the year; early in the New Year

1

as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly

1

(formal) announcement; unveiling; introduction; debut

1

to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)

1

wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief

1

to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out

2

seesaw

1

naked above the waist; stripped to the waist; shirtless

1

poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby

1

defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying

1

mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box

1

steering a ship; controlling; maneuvering; piloting

1

sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time

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to hit each other; to exchange blows; to fight

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spark

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food

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mask; disguise; guise; mask

1

explosive; blasting powder

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shoulder bag

2

timer; time switch; stopwatch; time keeper; self-timer; (delay) timer

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