jpdb beta

slack; looseness; play

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a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes

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to keep watching; to continue looking at; to gaze at

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half; 50%; 5 parts; 5%; equality; equal footing

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insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless

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to discuss; to talk together

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to understand; to make out

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to hate; to detest

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to be consistent; to be coherent

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unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

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this person; he; she

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obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

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to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of

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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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to chase; to run after; to pursue; subsequently; following that; (and) then

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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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precisely because

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funny; amusing; strange; odd; wrong; unsuitable

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approximately the same

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lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many

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one's own child; one's own children

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no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

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foot of a mountain; base of a mountain; mine; colliery; owner of a mountain; operator of a mine

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-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

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cheating (on one's husband); adultery; male lover (of a married woman); paramour

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neglect of one's social obligations; failure to perform one's social duties; dishonor; failure to pay back one's debt

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adulterous partner (in a relationship); adulterous lover

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matchless; peerless; unequaled; unequalled; unparalleled; unrivaled

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putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards

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various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that

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mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused

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to go wrong; to go awry; to go off track; to go out of whack

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gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine

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I'm off (and will be back later); see you later; to go (and then come back)

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thereupon; shortly thereafter

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area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances

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to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

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to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)

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discontent and grumbling

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to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to

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looks (esp. of a woman); features; ability; capability; (public) estimation (esp. of a man); credit

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to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

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simply; merely; only; solely

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to be lazy; to be idle; to slack; to neglect (e.g. one's work); to be neglectful of; to skip (e.g. school)

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implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely

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irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy

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to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)

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horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise

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haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion

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condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

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