jpdb beta

dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence

1

irregular employment; non-fulltime employment; non-regular; irregular; subnormal (number); denormal

3

to use and then throw away

1

unemployment rate

4

world conquest; world domination; taking over the world

28

change of government; regime change

10

ability to get things done

2

to reveal one's true colors

1

political system; political institution; regime

3

right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages

1

it's none of your business; it's not your concern

1

entertainment expenses

1

epiglottis

30

health insurance

2

youngster; young and immature person

1

regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee

2

alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion

1

second-hand shop; recycle shop

4

accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)

1

seminar

3

higher education

3

high academic achievement; advanced academic training; higher education

1

selection test

1

to graduate from a university

4

wisdom; intelligence; intellect

3

the strait gate (in the Bible); the narrow gate; high barrier (to enter a highly competitive school, company, etc.); difficult hurdle; difficulty

1

assistant professor; associate professor

1

budget cut

1

wave; ups and downs

2

ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics

1

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

1

trans-Atlantic; trans-Atlantic crossing

1

dealing appropriately (with a situation); taking proper measures; handling (an issue) carefully; making the best of (a bad bargain)

1

(ocean) vessels; warship

1

playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting

1

protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support

1

strong; hard; manly

1

form of government; system of government; polity

1

increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less

1

arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)

1

early rising

1

exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism

1

foreign travel; overseas trip

2

marine products; seafood; fish and shellfish

4

luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)

1

lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality

1

compulsory education

2

necessity; inevitability

1

moratorium; period of grace; extension (of time, e.g. to make payments); postponement (of social responsibility); immaturity; not having developed emotional maturity

2

promotion (school, military, etc.)

1