jpdb beta

smoking area; smoking corner

1

to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb

3

quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely

1

to toady; to be obsequious

1

worldly wisdom; secret of success in life

1

gushing forth; bursting out; (lit.) like breaking a dam

3

riding together; riding with

5

hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw

1

using the strongest words possible

2

to live up to expectations; to meet expectations

1

chilly; rather cold; somewhat cold

6

to call each other; to call out to one another

2

change; transition; vicissitudes

1

surrealistic

2

truth is stranger than fiction

1

to collect evidence

3

passenger

2

to not understand what somebody is getting at; to not understand what is being talked about

2

nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck

2

to voyage

1

chord-name; code name

1

tailwind; fair wind; favorable wind (favourable); favorable condition (favourable); advantageous situation

1

as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)

2

to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained

1

to pour drinks for each other; to drink together

1

past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime

4

simply (cannot)

1

rush work; crash program; working on a crash basis; working at top speed

1

munitions; military stores

4

as one of

6

loser; failure

1

seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will

2

to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice

3

one's thought and beliefs

1

in the course of one's duties

8

to roll; to wheel; to turn over; to tip over; to leave; to buy and sell (quickly for a profit)

9

service industry; service sector

1

seeing at a distance

1

off the coast; offshore; out at sea

2

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

3

affected; smug; pompous; conceited; snobby; pretentious

1

prudish; strait-laced; boring; square

2

to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed

3

standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods

7

to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together

22

almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time

1

vehement objection; bitter opposition

1

going out (before burning completely); dying out; fizzling out (e.g. of a plan); falling through; coming to nothing

1

plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly

10

minefield

2