jpdb beta

examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier

5

storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building

3

enshrinement

1

glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy

1

building

2

glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling

1

in a big way

1

to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)

1

unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight

1

automatic door

2

tiled; covered with ceramic tiles

1

reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance

5

older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl

6

to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of

1

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

2

smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable

2

businessman

1

elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)

6

gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element

3

card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game

1

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

2

to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across

1

security

1

away

1

isolation; being alone; being friendless

1

to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish

1

to wear extra clothes; to dress formally

1

to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold

1

air conditioning; air cooling

1

to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to

1

out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb

2

the place for; the time for; the level of

1

dash

1

sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)

1

outlet (for one's anger, etc.); place (to turn one's eyes, to vent one's dissatisfaction, etc.); place to put something; place to dispose of something

1

smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful

1

call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question

1

both sides

1

standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability

1

being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other

1

ball-point pen

1

wet through; drenched

1

(full) name; identity

1

section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing

2

earthworm

1

to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread

1

to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted

1

appointment

1

in name only; figurehead; (only) by name

1

well then ...; in that situation; in which case

3