jpdb beta

horrible; deadly; punishing; murderous

2

economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

9

creation; generation

2

inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary

1

tax reduction

5

source of funds; resources; finances

3

tax increase

3

compensation; amends; redeeming feature

1

national debt; national securities; government bonds; government securities

3

to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals

2

tax yields; revenue

2

debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark

1

science and technology; technology; scientific techniques

2

putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards

1

assisting; assistance; fostering; aiding

3

manufacturing plant; production facility

1

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

1

cost of materials

3

temporarily; short period; once; one morning

1

peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times

4

production; manufacture

4

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade someone or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

1

to survive; to continue living; to escape death

2

redundancy

3

final destination; last stop; end; conclusion; goal

1

ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound

1

chamberlain

7

one's whole heart; everything one feels

1

document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone

3

elite bureaucrat; high government official; high-ranking bureaucrat; senior government official

3

subject; national; citizen

1

to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed

1

to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn

1

food distribution (esp. cooked rice)

1

to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine

1

spread (e.g. of a disease); rampancy; infestation; proliferation; being widespread

3

economic comeback (rebound, recovery, turnaround)

1

human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness

1

economic measure

1

look; glance; sight; summary; list; table

2

absolute authority or power (over someone or something)

1

to not believe one's ears

1

having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)

4

raw materials; ingredient

1

to become empty; to be emptied

3

to rise; to flourish

2

panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic

1

large tax increase; tax hike

1

to spend money

2

to get (very) cold; to get (much) colder; to feel very cold (of the body); to be chilled to the bone; to worsen (of relations, economic conditions, etc.); to decline

1