while
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while |
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albeit, although, amuse, as far as, as long as, at which
time, beguile, bit, brighten, chronology, continuity, day, divert, duration,
duree, during which time, elbow grease, enliven, entertain, exertion, fateful moment, hour, howbeit, instant, interval, juncture, kairos, lastingness, lighten, meantime, meanwhile, minute, moment, moment of truth, pains,
period, point, pregnant moment,
psychological moment, psychological time, season, space-time, space, span, spell, stage, stretch, tense, term,
the future, the past, the present, the
while, tide, time, time lag, timebinding, trouble, when, whereas, whet, whilst, wile
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while away |
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bestow, consecrate to, consume, dally away, dedicate to, devote,
diddle away, dribble away, drivel away, employ, expend, fool away,
fritter away, give over to, give to, idle
away, muddle away, pass, piss away, potter away, put in, spend, trifle away, use up, while, wile
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while away the time |
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beguile the time, burn daylight, buy time, consume time, dabble, diddle, doodle, drown care, footle, fribble,
fritter away time, have a ball, have fun, keep
time, kill time, laugh it up, live it up, look for time, loosen up, lose time,
measure time, occupy time, pass the time, pass
time, piddle, potter, put in time,
putter, race against time, relax,
spend time, summer, take time,
take up time, trifle, use time, waste time, weekend, winter, work against time
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Main entries similar to: while
albeit, although, amuse, as long as, at the same time,
bestow, chronology, consume, continuity, day, devote, duration, effort, employ, exertion, expend, hour, instant,
interval, juncture, meanwhile, minute, moment, moment of truth, pain, pass, past, pending, period, point, present,
psychological moment, put in, season, space, space-time,
span, spell, spend, stage, stretch, tense, term, though,
tide, time, time lag, trouble, use up, when, whereas, while
away, wile
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