jpdb beta

(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge

1

important; significant; precious; valuable; careful

5

taking care of one's health; recuperation; covering (with a protective material); coating; curing (concrete)

1

complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

1

to overwork

1

training; drill; practice; practising; discipline

1

of all people

1

remote past; far ago; time immemorial

2

first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface

1

to say; to tell; to state; to do

1

minor injury

1

correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with

2

jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point

1

throat; singing voice

1

representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney

1

reply; answer

1

technical; practical

2

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

1

passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit

1

having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism

1

difficult situation

1

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)

1

extremely; very much

1

health; healthy; sound; fit

1

substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial

1

older brother; elder brother

2

pad; padding

1

keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use

2

(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)

1

stray dog; ownerless dog

1

(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future

1

indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions

2

carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion

1

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

1

bodyguard; escort

1

quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance

1

sense of smell; olfaction

4

to be uncommon

1

axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem

1

synesthesia (synaesthesia)

1

recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition

1

to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last

1

although I say; although one might say; although called

1

to escape

1

to stop bleeding

1

skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough

1

foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base

2

news; word; tidings; omen

1

being too late; losing one's final chance

1