jpdb beta

months and years

1

to rust; to become rusty

3

deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)

1

to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish

2

to be shaved or planed

1

brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved

1

degradation over time; time-related deterioration

1

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

1

to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to

1

disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation

1

to buy (a set of items)

1

buying a replacement; replacing by buying something new

1

manager; landlord; warden; root (user)

2

estimate (of costs); budget

12

claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)

1

negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement

2

to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for

2

theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse

1

to buy a replacement; to replace by buying something new

2

successive generations; successive emperors

1

pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

1

to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity

1

desperate measure

1

to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)

4

papier mâché; something that looks good superficially

7

diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels

1

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

2

gift; present; tip; bribe

1

to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

1

accomplice; cohort

1

to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked

2

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most

7

successor

2

(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact

1

rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

1

to re-wrap

1

raid; attack; assault

2

to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily

1

exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail

1

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

1

interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)

1

financial affairs

2

important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station

1

privileged class

1

management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons

7

to pick a fight

1

to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

2

law; rule; commandment; the Torah (the law of God as revealed to Moses)

5

to twist; to distort

1

mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth

2