jpdb beta

to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)

1

to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)

1

record; document; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); setting (a record); recording (a record high, etc.)

10

in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)

3

to check; to stop; to keep back

2

to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed

2

survival rate

1

effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving

2

pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness

1

third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person

3

statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal

4

dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment

2

to become better; to improve

1

unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help

3

time (for, to do); time (to finish a race, lap, etc.); time-out; thyme

1

to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off

4

freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)

1

rebellion; revolt; insurrection; treason

2

in public; in company; in the presence of others

1

magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly

4

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

2

excellent answer; clever answer

1

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement

1

past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)

4

genius; prodigy; natural gift

1

to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)

3

that sort of; like that

2

cultural differences

1

attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning

2

to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit

1

approval; agreement; support; favour; favor

1

emotional; sentimental

2

moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading

2

troubled face; worried expression

1

to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)

3

acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning

1

sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

2

to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish

1

to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die

1

to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)

1

a bit more; a bit longer

4

letter (of an alphabet); character; writing

1

painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

2

it seems that; as if

3

guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper

1

government official

1

looking upon (someone) as an enemy; regarding as an enemy; being hostile toward

1

bothersome; tiresome; bother to do

1

drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)

1

drinking with colleagues to deepen ties; bonding over alcohol

1