jpdb beta

direct; immediate; personal; firsthand

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to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)

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quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined

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to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate

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secrecy; highly classified information

1

retention; maintenance; preservation

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immediately; right away; at once; instantly

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to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry

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no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all

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however; but

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in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start

2

trade; business; occupation; profession; job

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one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself

2

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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to live; to get along; to spend (time)

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out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent

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of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)

1

this sort of; this kind of; like this; such

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time; labour; labor

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to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

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to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

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something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

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once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time

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Far East

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intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together

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town; city; municipal; urban

2

construction; establishment

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prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury

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to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master

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counter for choices, options, etc.

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special economic zone (China)

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the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was

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huge; gigantic; enormous

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stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet

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group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school

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state sovereignty; national sovereignty

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vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy

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to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

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multinational corporation; transnational corporation

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to get a tiny share of the profits; to get a small share of what someone is enjoying

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crime syndicate; criminal syndicate

2

den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair

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United Nations; UN

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hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker

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to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

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lawless area; lawless district

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individual; specimen

2

to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent

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again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and

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same; similar; (just) like; equal

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