jpdb beta

to spare time (for)

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oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!

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after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

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yourself; himself; herself

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trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

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this sort of; this type of

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to be offended; to get angry; to be stuffy; to be stifling; firmly (shutting one's mouth)

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tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice

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acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard

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oh!; oh?; my!

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to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)

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to dig one's own grave; to bring calamity upon oneself; to make a rod for one's own back

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censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming

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expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation

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to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect

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for example; for instance; e.g.

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injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

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evidence; proof

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false accusation; trumped up-charge; pretext; statement that cannot be retracted; saying something one cannot take back

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groundless (rumour, accusation, etc.); unfounded; baseless; without a shred of truth

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another family; another house

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intervention

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how; in what way; how about; questionable

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role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role

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taking the initiative

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way (of doing); manner; method; means

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being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge

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to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

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to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk

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worship; adoration; admiration; cult

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as if; as though

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ecstasy; rapture; trance; senility

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towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

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(not) altogether; (not) wholly

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does not seem (to be)

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unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient in some way; lacking something

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(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly

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to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped

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to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve

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(in) his way; peculiar to him

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formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding

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support; backing; patronage

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past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

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individual; private person; personal; natural person

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association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

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thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan

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to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)

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main constituent; core; nucleus; subject

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already; previously; before; undeniably; unmistakably

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dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

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