jpdb beta

tight-lipped; able to keep a secret

1

to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain

1

including a sum of money in one's calculations; appropriation (a sum of money)

2

authenticity; credibility

2

high power; high power output; explosiveness; explosive power; instantaneous force

2

to employ one's secret weapon; to play one's trump card; to use the ace up one's sleeve

1

to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate

1

writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)

1

military gains; war results; fruit of battle

2

certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly

5

with lightning speed

1

to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson

2

certified (as genuine, valuable, etc.); guaranteed (article); of established reputation; acknowledged; pièce de résistance

1

to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)

1

tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

2

snugly; cosily; compactly

1

exposed; scanty; bare; public; open

3

to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

3

lower breast; underboob

1

right in front; just opposite; under the nose

1

loud; sonorous; ringing

1

fray; frayed spot

1

closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business

2

working overtime; detention; being kept in (e.g. after school)

1

shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter

4

personal history; curriculum vitae; resume

1

work experience; work history

1

to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of

1

prickling; stinging; tingling

1

to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)

1

sewing; needlework; embroidery

1

personal history; career

2

technical skill; ability; capacity

1

to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to

2

10,000,000; ten million

1

things; everything

2

there is nothing

1

good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless

1

concentration; diligence; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet

2

evening; evening hour

1

applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer

2

peak time; peak hours

1

remarkably; noticeably; considerably; appreciably

1

to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down

1

professionalism; professional awareness

1

special case; exception

1

strict; close; precise; scrupulous

3

document; letter; writing; contents (e.g. of a letter)

1

cool (temperature, color, etc.); cool (i.e. calm and collected); cool (i.e. fashionable, attractive, etc.); course (of medical treatment); season (series) of a television program (usu. 13 installments over a 3-month period)

1

to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable

2