jpdb beta

main principle; gist; general plan; guidelines; outline

5

confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter

1

on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)

1

compromise plan

1

agreement (e.g. business, dispute); understanding; compromise; relationship; relation; (good, bad, etc.) terms

1

very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly

2

breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture

1

rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit

1

improvement of relations; rapprochement

1

rough-and-ready (medical) treatment; drastic remedy; drastic treatment; drastic measures; drastic steps

2

shortest

1

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

2

diplomatic issue

2

to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with

1

discontent and grumbling

1

molecule; numerator; element (of a group); member; particle

1

there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion

1

round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw

1

association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion

1

near oneself; close to one; familiar

1

to start to move; to get going; to come alive

2

to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become indistinct; to become impure (of one's heart, a society, etc.); to be corrupted

1

anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)

1

to sell over to

1

to come down in the world; to fall low; to be ruined; to be reduced to poverty; to fall on hard times

1

mockery; derision; ridicule

1

to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology

1

to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)

1

finishing in one go; completing in one sitting; (doing something) in a single breath

1

continuance; survival; persistence; retention; duration

1

to rescue (someone); to save; to help (out of a difficulty); to save (spiritually); to redeem (from sin); to deliver (from suffering, distress, etc.)

1

to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with

1

the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like

1

sense of humor; sense of humour

1

straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt

1

to contribute jointly

1

to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)

1

appeal; call for something; request; axiom

1

to make a splash; to draw attention

1

firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun; having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial

1

how long; how far; how much

1

time (for a program, programme); broadcasting hours; air time

1

time; years; days; the Moon and the Sun

1

strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch

2

at a glance; by accident

1

rust

1

muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders)

1

to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease

1

singer

1

training; drill; practice; discipline

1