jpdb beta

fraudulent accounting; window-dressing settlement of accounts; creative accounting

1

to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

4

local; localized; partial; topical (application)

3

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

8

breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening

2

to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear

1

bulky; massive; thick; heavy

3

homogeneous; homogeneity

1

hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit

5

to shoot out (lights, window, etc.)

2

consideration; taking into account

10

succeeding; following; trailing; next

5

to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

1

command; direction

15

useless; futile; vain

3

pains; efforts; trouble; labor; labour; services

2

extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling

4

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

4

condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner

3

to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant

1

one's duty; one's part

2

an impossibility

1

objection; dissent; protest

3

to declare; to plead

3

to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in

7

how long; how much; to what extent

7

longing; great desire; aspiration

1

declaration; statement

1

to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from

2

forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced

1

(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard

4

dead person

1

weight (for scales); counterweight

1

to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

1

trusting too much; overestimating ability

5

white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

2

cheque; check

2

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

8

(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means

2

high-risk

1

denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation

16

to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability

4

depending on; dependent on

3

to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious

1

corner; nook; recess

1

childishness; naivete

2

carrier

1

rational; reasonable; logical

7

hmm; I see; hrm

2

to continue (to say)

2