jpdb beta

tone (of voice); parlance; style; intonation; accent

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to be depressed

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conversely; on the contrary

1

taking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden; subrogation

1

favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude

2

to guess right

2

loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage

1

virtue

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barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless

1

if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle

1

well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable

2

data-file

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data entry

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seen it once, seen it all; a single instance indicates what happens all the time; one case gives you an idea of what always happens

1

lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy

1

number; number plate; license plate

1

self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person

1

difficult problem; challenge

1

offence; offense; hindrance

1

useless; waste of time and effort; pointless; vain efforts

1

convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience

1

guess; conjecture; surmise

1

early on; earlier on; from early

1

to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)

2

kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer

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list; wrist

3

surplus; excess

1

transfer of control

1

delivery

1

to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath

1

silent; mute; dumb

4

careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors

1

unexpectedly; surprisingly

1

to cut corners; to be shoddy

1

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence

2

having gone too far to turn back

2

whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper

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to gaze long at

2

hardworking; painstaking; diligent; conscientious; sincere

1

shipping company; freight company; transport company

2

returning home

1

even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still

1

to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice; to speak emphatically

1

to vanish gradually (e.g. of a voice); to trail off; to die away; to feel one's soul leaving one's body (from embarrassment, grief, etc.); to feel faint; to feel numb

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because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...

1

sexual relations; physical relations; carnal relations

1

to mean

1

to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise

1

to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited

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obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile

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