jpdb beta

atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty

5

to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)

2

space; room; airspace

6

not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover

7

guts; pluck; nerve; spirit

1

to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)

8

above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth

4

sixty; 60

24

to hang; to hang up

2

clock; watch; timepiece

2

vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand

2

right in the center (centre)

3

along; parallel to; in accordance with

3

terminal station

1

honour; honor

1

to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see

7

to count; to enumerate

6

nanotech; nanotechnology

1

three; three years of age

8

big corporation; major firm; leading company

1

bio-; biotechnology; VAIO (Sony brand-name)

2

insurance company

2

bank; banking institution

11

six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)

1

investment bank

9

five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)

1

each and every; all

2

famous; notorious; noted

1

earning rate; rate of return; price-earnings ratio; profitability; profit margin

1

to suck up; to pump up; to siphon off (profits, etc.); to exploit; to take up others' opinions, hopes, etc.

2

vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover

1

duty; role; function

3

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely

1

market capitalization; market capitalisation; market cap

1

in order; in turn; one by one

5

company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.

3

London (UK)

1

New York

2

to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

2

to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air

3

to make a name for oneself; to achieve success

1

to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

3

therefore; consequently

3

to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely

2

old man; old geezer

1

first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

4

forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

6

(political) power; authority; influence

3

structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern

2

to remain; to stay (somewhere)

1