deafness
— Noun
– English
～ partial or complete loss of hearing
deal
— Verb
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～ give (a specific card) to a player; "He dealt me the Queen of Spades"
deal
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～ direct the course of; manage or control; "You cannot conduct business like this"
deal
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～ administer or bestow, as in small portions; "administer critical remarks to everyone present"; "dole out some money"; "shell out pocket money for the children"; "deal a blow to someone"; "the machine dispenses soft drinks"
deal
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～ take action with respect to (someone or something); "How are we going to deal with this problem?"; "The teacher knew how to deal with these lazy students"
deal
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～ behave in a certain way towards others; "He deals fairly with his employees"
deal
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～ be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; "I can deal with this crew of workers"; "This blender can't handle nuts"; "She managed her parents' affairs after they got too old"
deal
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～ succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
deal
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～ distribute cards to the players in a game; "Who's dealing?"
deal
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～ take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; "Take the case of China"; "Consider the following case"
deal
— Verb
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～ act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; "This book deals with incest"; "The course covered all of Western Civilization"; "The new book treats the history of China"
deal
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～ give out as one's portion or share
deal
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～ do business; offer for sale as for one's livelihood; "She deals in gold"; "The brothers sell shoes"
deal
— Noun
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～ an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; "he made a bargain with the devil"; "he rose to prominence through a series of shady deals"
deal
— Noun
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～ the act of apportioning or distributing something; "the captain was entrusted with the deal of provisions"
deal
— Noun
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～ the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); "he got a good deal on his car"
deal
— Noun
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～ (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
deal
— Noun
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～ the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; "I didn't hold a good hand all evening"; "he kept trying to see my hand"
deal
— Noun
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～ the act of distributing playing cards; "the deal was passed around the table clockwise"