jpdb beta

to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down

1

successor

1

pocket watch

13

doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own

2

design; pattern

1

pair; pair-oared boat

1

to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down

13

gloomy; obscure

1

something one finds questionable; something one finds fault with

3

breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium

13

what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels

3

lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous

5

to write down; to make a note of; to put on record; to chronicle

1

D; d; director

3

sleek; smooth; thin (of a liquid); without hesitation or delay

2

shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

1

to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words

4

separate case; another matter

1

to begin to speak

3

insurance regime

5

one theory (opinion); another theory (opinion)

1

Germany

1

traditional; conventional

1

cooperative society; mutual-benefit association

1

source (e.g. of a river); headwaters; origin of something continuous (language, culture, etc.)

1

morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

3

unexpected; unforeseen; accidental

2

construction site

1

distribution; allotment

2

mutual aid

1

to help each other; to cooperate

1

with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction

1

defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation

1

having to be; must be; should be; ought to be

1

insurance premium

1

incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise

2

treatment strategy; method of treatment; therapeutic approach

3

expert; knowledgeable person; authority (on a subject)

3

insurance; guarantee

4

range of use; range of application; range of applications; scope (of a document)

1

failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy

2

homogenization; homogenisation

1

as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to

1

course; route; path; process; means

1

to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below

3

surplus; remainder; residue; margin; balance

2

to be boiled down; to come to a standstill; to reach an impasse; to approach a conclusion (of a discussion, investigation, etc.)

2

cueing (e.g. a magnetic tape, recording) (cuing); cue; feeding (e.g. paper under a print head); feed; document loading

1

to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself

1

riparian works; flood-control works

3