jpdb beta

shock therapy; shock treatment

1

looking someone in the eyes; taking a straight look at something

5

to attract attention

1

leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)

1

becoming more serious or severe; aggravation; intensification

1

homeless; homeless person

1

settlement; permanent residency

1

high price; heavy price

1

to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves

4

low price

3

those present; attendance

1

fund; foundation

5

to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

1

long ago; previous; of a former age

1

power generation company

1

adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion

1

level; standard; water level

2

Arab; Arabian

1

source of power

1

oil money; petromoney; income from sale of oil

3

to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude

2

remaining quantity; residual quantity

1

stakes; bet

7

science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits

1

Matthew (the Apostle)

1

a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section

1

the Gospel according to Matthew (book of the Bible)

1

accumulation; accumulate; store

2

superpower; superstate

1

to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)

1

brain worker; brain-worker; white-collar worker; mental worker

1

restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

1

rare; extraordinary; singular

2

duty-free; tax-free

3

tariff; tax rate

4

pasturing; letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked

2

utopia

2

Vatican

1

open secret

1

haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important

2

conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly

2

to be conspicuous; to stand out

1

to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant

1

embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed

1

to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove

8

young person

3

person in the same line of business; people in the same trade; the trade; the profession

5

unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved

1

Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan

2

eagle (bird of prey, Accipitridae family)

39