jpdb beta

to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)

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effective; successful

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huge; big; enormous

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place where one works; construction site; working area

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each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of

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to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)

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first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag

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way of eating; how to eat

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to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)

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to have a reason; to have an excuse

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to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

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tomorrow; near future

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fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift

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to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down

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to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...

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to take the lead; to lead a group; to be in the vanguard

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behind one's back

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none other than; ... himself; ... herself

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to make a fist; to clench one's fist

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to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with

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top floor

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unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

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to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

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the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime

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reserve; spare; note; memorandum; duplicate; copy

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to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

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to be rested; to feel at ease; to repose; to be relieved

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both arms

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final farewell (in this life)

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that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance

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idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn

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wild; freakish; madcap; crazy; hysterical

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confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)

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to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

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four years

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to live; to reside; to inhabit

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the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it

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to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death

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to die; to pass away

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just the other day; quite recently

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loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity

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now; nowadays

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older brother

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to rock; to shake; to swing

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to turn one's face away

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weak constitution; ill health

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to bite and tear; to bite a hole in

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to set fire (to)

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to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)

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to be understood; to be comprehended; to be grasped; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered

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