jpdb beta

rather than (do ...)

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to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate

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to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest

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irreplaceable

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compared to

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to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off

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(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

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pride; dignity; self-worth

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all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious

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

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to have the memory of having done something oneself

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esophagus; oesophagus; gullet

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to feel hot; to flush; to burn

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to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to

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what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement

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past tense

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to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience

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drama; theatre; theater; play

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memorial day; commemoration day; anniversary

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gift; present; tip; bribe

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to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly

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rough to the touch; rubbing rough surfaces

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to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord

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to make a pass at; to hit on; to call out to (in an attempt to seduce)

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lubricating oil; lubricant; lube; person or thing that makes things run smoothly; facilitator

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smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion

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painful experience

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to become desperate; to give in to despair

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rumour (of a love affair); rumor; romance; (arch.) bad reputation

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to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to

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(process of) elimination

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to feel at ease

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to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit

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looking aside; looking away (e.g. while driving); looking the other way

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youthful indiscretion; youthful enthusiasm; youthful excess

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to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)

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ex-wife; former wife; previous wife

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what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

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to be sooty; to be stained

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nice; likeable; desirable

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disappointment; despair

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value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction

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to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

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to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)

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to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)

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share; portion; quota; cut

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to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke

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deceitful; cruel

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dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy

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same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence

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