jpdb beta

urgent business; pressing need; imperative

1

dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

1

rule; reign; government; governing

2

worry; anxiety; concern

2

domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)

7

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend

2

capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel

3

short-term

1

spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone

3

to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on

1

stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture

3

watchful waiting; careful supervision

2

backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump

1

fake; sham; counterfeit; impostor; cheat; hypocrite

1

to be sharp; to be keen; to be on the ball; to have a mind like a steel trap; to be clever

1

to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of

1

just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously

1

to trust; to relax one's guard (around)

1

to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

1

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

2

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

1

to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny

1

eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort

1

to fight against; to oppose; to face

1

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

2

parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement

2

opposite; reverse; contrary

1

a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many

3

complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled

1

war preparation

1

to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)

2

to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)

1

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

2

switch

4

to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

1

aim

5

to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate

1

outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world

1

to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action

3

to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps

1

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses

2

to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder

1

to attempt; to test; to try out

1

really; truly

2

to ask again; to repeat one's question; to ask back; to ask in return; to counter

1

withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction

1

indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided

1

to come back; to return; to recur

1

hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste

1

originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with

1