jpdb beta

to show someone's true colors; to remove someone's mask; (lit.) to take the veneer off something

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middle-aged man; Buddhist priest

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to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

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to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)

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wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice

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to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

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(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream

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claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention

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loud (of a voice)

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to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please

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extremely; very

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rare; seldom

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rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

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sovereign; ruler; head of state

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to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create

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stop; stoppage; end

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generation; lifetime; age

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to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct

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equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

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to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)

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unconditional

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feeling one gets from listening to something

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form of government; system of government; polity

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cooperative body; cooperative system; collective; community

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private person; individual

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even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing

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absolute monarch; despot; autocrat; tyrant

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dictatorship; despotism

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from outside; from the side

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forgetful; oblivious of; negligent

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to work as the backbone (of); to bear responsibility (for); to be the mainstay (of); to be the central part (of)

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charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity

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frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken

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opinion; point of view

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eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice

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a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently

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remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)

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presumption; assumption; estimation

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reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction

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or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...

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superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!

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foreign enemy; outside invader

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to adjoin each other; to sit side by side

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emerging market; emerging nation; emergent nation; developing country; developing nation

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great difference; big difference; wide margin

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to be able to manage somehow or other

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troubled times; turbulent times

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to tumble down; to roll down

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split; division; break up

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absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate

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