jpdb beta

business trip; official trip

1

hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done

1

economic conditions; economic situation; financial situation; financial circumstances

1

to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember

3

meaning; significance; sense

2

to speak frankly; to put things bluntly

1

both parties; both sides

2

point of compromise; common ground

2

to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol

2

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

1

please; somehow or other; one way or another

1

how should I know?; don't ask me

1

because of; owing to; due to

1

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

1

(raw) material

1

payment

2

personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs

1

penalty for contract breach

1

sum total; total amount

1

a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago

2

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

1

cancellation

1

loss (of assets, profit, etc.)

1

actually; really; truly; in practice; practically

1

just a minute; small quantity

1

sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake

1

to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

1

legal

1

to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up

1

employee; worker

3

good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial

2

as you see; as you can see

1

privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store

1

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

1

same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case

1

diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily

3

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at

4

existence; being

1

to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on

1

individual; private person; personal; private

1

not only ... (but also); not just; as well as

1

to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

1

as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

2

dishonouring (a bill); dishonoring; bouncing (a cheque, check); non-payment

2

(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business

2

three people

1

company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)

1

to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out

2

sub-sub contractor

2

everyone; everybody; all; everything; all

1