jpdb beta

two weeks; fortnight

3

advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful

2

to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through

1

feelings; thoughts; meaning

3

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

1

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

2

bolt from the blue; great surprise

2

information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

1

to be profitable; to pay

1

results; record; grades; marks

2

tax; duty

1

overweight; too heavy (burden, workload, etc.); too severe

1

income and expenditure

1

balance

1

win; victory

1

capital stock

1

1,000,000; one million; million; many

1

salaried; with pay; vacation; (paid) holiday

1

meaningless; pointless

1

in short; in a nutshell; in a word; to cut a long story short

1

as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for

1

employee; worker

1

workforce reduction; personnel cut

1

official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)

1

funds; capital

1

project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct

5

to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate

1

exchange; conversion; replacement; switching (to); switchover

1

to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets

1

to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up

2

lasting long; continuation; keeping at (something); sticking to (something)

1

to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand

3

to be peevish; to sulk; to pout

1

to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire

1

situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances

2

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever

1

condition; situation; prospects

1

to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)

1

suddenly and precipitately; take a sudden turn

1

salary; wages; pay

2

half the amount (of money); half price; half fare

1

to pay

1

inside; within

1

discontent; dissatisfaction; complaint; grievance

1

pay envelope

1

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon

1

people

1

you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends

3

superb; outstanding

1

injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid

2