jpdb beta

to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)

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taking over (another's debt, work); shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation

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overlooking; turning a blind eye

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long

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smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say; it's how you say it

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feigned ignorance; pretending not to know

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to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person

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efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services

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fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out

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arbitrary

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politics; government

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to mediate; to intervene; to smooth

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to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy

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to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into

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satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable

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watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel

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to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust someone's civility; to give up (on someone)

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to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt

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feeling refreshed; feeling relieved

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to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)

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thoroughly; through and through; out and out; in every way; from beginning to end; from start to finish

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careful; cautious; wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent

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on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during

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permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)

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to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement

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attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse); sleeping with a man (at his bidding); overnight vigil before burial

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alternately; by turns

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lack of sleep; insufficient sleep

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seventeen; 17

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to save face; to show deference; to make someone look good

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to look down on (someone); to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at

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as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still

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charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement

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shift system

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night watch; night sentry

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very likely; very probable

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camber

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outlining (e.g. font); hollowing out; getting rid of the middleman; dealing directly; skinning the cat (gymnastics); passing business to a subcontractor and collecting a kickback

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(one's) sleeping hours; hours of sleep

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getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird

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habit; (social) custom; practice; convention

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pouring; injection

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to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with

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lying down and getting up; waking; getting up; living (with); staying (with)

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good boy; good girl

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sequel of a story

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bee; wasp; hornet

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leader; guide; mentor; coach

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queen bee; queen wasp

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order; system; the establishment; (ruling) regime; structural plan; body plan

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