jpdb beta

act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major

3

logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent

1

to arrange (flowers); to plant

1

investment; contribution; financing

2

(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts

2

way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character

1

monopole; singular pole; unipole

1

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

1

carbon nano-tube; carbon nanotube

1

ethical

1

talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip

1

to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge

2

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

2

board or officer's meeting

2

throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

1

comment

1

tourist; traveler; traveller; visitor

1

if it's going to be that way, then ...; if given the choice; if possible; if anything

1

drawing paper

2

crayon

1

painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour

1

childish; child-like; innocent; naive

2

stroke of the brush; touch; literary style

3

ingenuity; inventiveness; creative originality

1

to suit one's skin (of cosmetics); to agree with one's skin; to be compatible; to get along well; to be to one's liking

1

election

1

director; trustee

1

replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching

1

cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

2

waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl

1

relationship; relation

1

in someone (else's) name

1

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

2

sealed letter

1

classified document; confidential document

1

basic rule

1

space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings

1

form and nature

1

generation; lifetime; age

1

airborne infection

1

origin; fundamental element

1

to burn up

1

sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness

1

early rising

1

rustling of clothes

1

physical phenomenon

1

observed value

1

to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar

1

interlude; intermezzo

1

no problem; it doesn't matter

1