jpdb beta

100,000,000; one hundred million

5

prompt decision; quick decision; immediate judgement; summary judgment; summary judgement

2

to understand; to make out

1

to clap

1

in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless

1

odd; strange; queer; weird; bizarre

1

giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

2

to be oversized (overloud, etc.)

5

to hasten one's death

1

otherwise; or else; if not

2

sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice

1

to try and do something; to attempt to do something

3

assessment (of value, damages, etc.); revision (of a budget)

2

wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible

4

naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank

1

self-consciousness; self-awareness

2

to make narrow

2

doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion

1

short term; short time

4

open; frank; outspoken; unreserved; straightforward; honest

2

to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught

6

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

3

reference; consultation

2

upright; fair; honest

1

to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

13

house; one's house; one's home; one's family

27

lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch

4

to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge

1

small sum (e.g. of money); small denomination

1

to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)

3

(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth

1

to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)

1

confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)

2

myriad; countless things

8

(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp

2

property; fortune; means; assets

4

to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

2

to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence

3

forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)

1

to see through; to see the true nature of something

3

pose; pause

5

to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)

2

to be worried; to be troubled

13

to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)

6

bluff

1

another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to

2

to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival

4

to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed

1

before long

1

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

5