jpdb beta

customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner

2

puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)

2

quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless

3

normal duties; (one's) regular work

2

most part; greater part; majority

2

mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal

1

proposal; offer; request; application

1

frustration

1

continuation; succession; series

7

irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going

4

to relax; to make oneself comfortable

1

very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes

1

to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)

3

both people; two people; two directions; both directions

3

processing speed

1

to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)

10

(a) dose; (a) puff; (a) smoke; lull; short rest

1

to have guts; to be plucky; to have nerves of steel

1

to be thirsty

2

to drink up; to drain (cup)

1

to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

2

trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing

1

green tea; Japanese tea

1

fermentation; zymosis

8

to have a taste (of something); to sample; to try

1

standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)

1

sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy

1

being universally acceptable; being suitable for all; being popular with many people

1

fairly long period of time; (arch.) four-hour period

1

drinking

1

care of (e.g. address on letter); c/o; encouragement; bringing around; stimulant; tonic

1

customer base; constituency; customer segment; patron base; clientele

1

armaments; military preparations

2

expenditure; disbursement; expenses

1

filling (up) a hole; filling in (for a gap, vacancy, etc.); stopgap; making up (for a loss, damage, etc.); covering (a deficit); cloze deletion (test format)

1

standing; reserve; always having ready

1

market (for goods, services, etc.); outlet (for selling); opening

1

to follow another's example

2

tenant farming

1

private; personal

1

to be free; to be available

1

pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to

1

exaggerated; overblown; pretentious

1

fair; fare; fear

1

to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare

2

to be charmed by

2

(marriage) proposal

5

cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky

3

and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that

3

restraint; restriction; fetters; binding; confinement with rope

1