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mumble |
Noun
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a soft indistinct utterance |
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mumble |
Verb
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talk indistinctly |
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mumble |
Verb
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grind with the gums |
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marriage proposal |
Noun
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an offer of marriage |
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marriage offer |
Noun
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an offer of marriage |
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malarkey |
Noun
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empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk |
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malarky |
Noun
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empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk |
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marching orders |
Noun
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an order from a superior officer for troops to depart |
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marching orders |
Noun
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(informal) a notice of dismissal or discharge |
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mendicancy |
Noun
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a solicitation for money or food (especially in the street by an apparently penniless person) |
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mendicancy |
Noun
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the state of being a beggar or mendicant |
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medical report |
Noun
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a report of the results of a medical examination of a patient |
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misinterpretation |
Noun
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putting the wrong interpretation on |
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mistaking |
Noun
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putting the wrong interpretation on |
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misconstrual |
Noun
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a kind of misinterpretation resulting from putting a wrong construction on words or actions, often deliberately |
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misreading |
Noun
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misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading |
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margin call |
Noun
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a demand by a broker that a customer deposit enough to bring his margin up to the minimum requirement |
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malicious gossip |
Noun
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disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people |
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mutter |
Noun
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a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone |
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mutter |
Noun
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a low continuous indistinct sound |
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mutter |
Verb
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make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath |
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mutter |
Verb
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talk indistinctly |
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muttering |
Noun
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a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone |
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muttering |
Noun
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a low continuous indistinct sound |
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making known |
Noun
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a speech act that conveys information |
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midterm examination |
Noun
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an examination administered in the middle of an academic term |
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midterm exam |
Noun
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an examination administered in the middle of an academic term |
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midterm |
Noun
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an examination administered in the middle of an academic term |
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midterm |
Noun
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middle of an academic term or a political term in office |
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midterm |
Noun
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the middle of the gestation period |
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muckraking |
Noun
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the exposure of scandal, especially about public figures |
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megillah |
Noun
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a long boring tediously detailed account, Yiddish |
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morphological rule |
Noun
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a linguistic rule for the formation of words |
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malediction |
Noun
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the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult) |
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murder charge |
Noun
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an indictment charging someone with murder |
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murder indictment |
Noun
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an indictment charging someone with murder |
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mace |
Noun
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a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of office or authority |
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mace |
Noun
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spice made from the dried fleshy covering of the nutmeg seed |
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mace |
Noun
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an official who carries a mace of office |
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merestone |
Noun
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an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab |
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meerestone |
Noun
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an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab |
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milestone |
Noun
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stone post at side of a road to show distances |
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milestone |
Noun
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a significant event in your life (or in a project) |
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mearstone |
Noun
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an old term for a landmark that consisted of a pile of stones surmounted by an upright slab |
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milepost |
Noun
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stone post at side of a road to show distances |
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megadeath |
Noun
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the death of a million people caused by a nuclear explosion |
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miracle |
Noun
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a marvellous event manifesting a supernatural act of a divine agent |
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miracle |
Noun
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any amazing or wonderful occurrence |
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malfunction |
Noun
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a failure to function normally |
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malfunction |
Verb
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fail to function or function improperly |