jpdb beta

the lust for conquest

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affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

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to account for; to make up; to occupy (a place, position, etc.); to hold (a rank, seat, etc.); to occupy (one's mind, heart, etc.); to weigh (on one's mind)

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blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke

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absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous

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seniority by length of service

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excellent plan; best policy

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try; attempt; try (rugby)

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I don't know about ... but; it may be possible for ... but

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to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life

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five; 5

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one lump; one group

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ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

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sliding door

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door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

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to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize

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hooray!; cheers!; bravo!; loud (e.g. applause); enthusiastic; tumultuous

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to get a late start

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concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...

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weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs

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bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship

1

to be promoted to a higher rank

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shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources

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cannot be helped; unavoidable

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perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual

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adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp

1

will to work

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sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation

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labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

3

reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)

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to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon

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cleaning out mud from a ditch or drain

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leadership

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title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank

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misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle

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quick; quickstep

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tulou (traditional rural dwelling in Fujian, China)

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announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

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road sign; signpost

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riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty

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to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)

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life of the people; people's lives; citizens' livelihoods

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committee; commission; board; panel; committee meeting

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meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview

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half a year; six months

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to be concerned about

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garrison; guards

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where to?; whither?

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to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise

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to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess

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