jpdb beta

precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred

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immediately; at once; instantly

1

should do; ought to do

1

this time; now

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opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism

1

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

1

presidential election

1

clique; faction

1

to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of

1

doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples

1

political situation

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political strife

1

having no relation with whatsoever; having nothing to do with; alien

1

(not) in the least; (not) at all

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to feel ashamed

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viewing as a problem; problematizing

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first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole

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to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else

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to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other

1

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

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to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)

1

originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful

1

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

1

be; is

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affectation; pretension

2

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

always; constantly

1

preference; priority; precedence

1

diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

1

repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback

1

-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now

1

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

1

to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign

1

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite

1

what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn

1

slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably

2

congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present

1

glove (esp. sports); globe

1

discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude

1

knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice

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thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts

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shower

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to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

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slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late

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birthday present

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How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

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at times; occasionally

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soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)

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long-term

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