jpdb beta

advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)

1

foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone

2

memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition

1

personal (employee); employed; retained

1

craftsman; artisan

1

satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client

2

pattern; design

2

to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)

4

tens of thousands

1

bribe; sweetener; douceur

1

conduction (of heat or electricity); transmission (of light or sound); conduction (of a nerve impulse)

1

to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)

9

money laundering

1

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

1

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command

1

medium; media

1

reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries

1

to exploit a gap (in attention, security, etc.); to catch off guard

1

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)

3

the other day; lately; recently

1

impossible

4

to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel

1

to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)

1

to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)

1

to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon

2

tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance

4

to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature

2

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

2

to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

3

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

5

cannot be undone; can't be recovered from

1

you (plural)

2

serious; earnest; sober; honest; sincere

3

back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)

1

actual age; true age

1

audience (with a person of high standing); diameter of a tree trunk at eye level

1

not caring; not giving a damn

2

perfect; complete; flawless

5

guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy

1

secret; secrecy

1

to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to

2

block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)

1

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy

7

to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)

2

consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude

1

to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach

1

motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically

4

to squat; to crouch

1

to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff

2

once a year

2