jpdb beta

to be eloquent; to have a way with words

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to take advantage of someone's kindness or patience; to get carried away; to be elated; to get puffed up (with pride); to push one's luck; to get cocky

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employee; worker

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obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty

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jumping to a wrong conclusion

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duty; obligation; responsibility

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idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk

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to keep watch; to stand guard

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humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts

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philosophical

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to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)

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to show off; to make a display (e.g. of wealth)

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to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly

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to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep

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indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary

2

machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus

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(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent

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surface; appearances

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to take (be in) charge of

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to get irritated

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narrow-minded

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from A to Z; without exception; in every particular

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one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection

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beyond one's control; nothing one can do

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stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded

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to stop in the middle of a sentence

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preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence

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anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means

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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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repeater (telecommunications); repeat customer; regular customer; person who does the same (negative) act repeatedly

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preparedness; readiness; mental attitude; frame of mind

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account book; register; ledger

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how long; how far; how much

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to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of

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choices; alternatives; options

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either way; in any case; one way or another

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left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one

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logical

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to experience

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look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

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to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across

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being upright and cleanhanded

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mistake; error; blunder

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to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain

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practice; practising; experience

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to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked

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unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!

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forced; compulsory

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with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb

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without; unless; have to do

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