jpdb beta

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

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cadet

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Cointreau (trademark)

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tough guy; wild one; fearless fighter

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torture

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imitation; sham; -like

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to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)

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warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person

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to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed

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tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training

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in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

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willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition

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capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

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adjutant; aide; aide-de-camp

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thought to be; seen as

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kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes

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activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)

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exceptional; unusual; extraordinary; unprecedented; singular

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to arrive; to come to pass

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tension; mental strain; nervousness

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sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

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all present; all concerned; all of us

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devoting (oneself) to; concentrating (one's efforts) on

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handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command

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to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)

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well; now; then

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you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends

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after a short pause

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personality; style; appearance

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anyone can see that; it's obvious that

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one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids

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exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

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young leader

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several hundreds

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to impress; to charm

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something or other; one thing or another; this or that

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most important

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to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp

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almost; roughly; approximately

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commoner; plebeian

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number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.

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class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy

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being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter

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strong; intense; severe

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exaltation; emotional uplift

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to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor

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large company; large enterprise; large corporation

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rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee

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company president; manager; director

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in person; personally; directly

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