jpdb beta

reduction by half; halving

13

only; nothing but

5

taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride

5

designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at

3

half

4

extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation

1

poor physical health; bad shape

4

restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence

1

invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable

5

increasing the number of staff; hiring more people

5

one's possessions; ownership

1

after; later

1

effect; efficacy; validity; potency

3

increment; addition; (amount of) increase

1

shall ...; to assume; to suppose

1

individual; one by one

1

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

1

item; something that one "just has to have"

6

explanatory note

1

predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy

2

specialization; specialisation

1

variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.

1

line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup

1

the latter

2

protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

1

to be helpful; to be useful

2

to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with

2

to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter

1

tricky

1

to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)

5

cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties

3

random; random sampling

4

distribution

5

transfer; assignment; conveyance

5

trade

11

inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)

1

to buy; to purchase

2

to sell

6

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable

2

to buy up

2

double

2

two sheets (pieces) (of paper)

2

together with; same; both; all; including ...

2

identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination

1

use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)

3

minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)

4

to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize

3

valid; effective; yuko (judo)

2

means; method

1

three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)

1