jpdb beta

elite

1

summer

1

frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

1

company management; managing a company

2

know-how

1

networking; making contacts

1

to send to; to deliver; to escort (a person) home

4

extraterritoriality

1

nothing but; none other than

1

cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)

1

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

1

strong-willed; strong of heart

1

(lesson in) tough love

1

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

1

ad lib; ad-lib

3

to make merry; to be festive

1

to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make

4

to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

1

to get on; to climb on

2

to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale

2

precisely because

3

guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty

2

to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with

3

or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean

1

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

4

to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)

1

production (e.g. play); direction

1

well done!; good job!; good work!; you did it!; bravo!

1

engineer (on a train, ship, aircraft, etc.)

1

skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good

1

silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank

3

whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

1

unprecedented; never seen before

1

to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into

1

way; method; means

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

2

object; body; solid

2

kind; variety; (biological) species; (logical) species

2

5,000,000; five million

1

small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature

9

blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)

1

only once

2

signal

2

to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute

1

this morning

1

the entire strength; all hands; all the members

1

to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up

1

reconnaissance plane; spy plane

1

silent; silent movie; silent film; silent letter

6

whisper

4