jpdb beta

human realm; world of humans; terrestrial world

2

diversity

2

simultaneous interpretation; simultaneous interpreting

2

Her Majesty the Queen

4

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

2

to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by

2

to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring

2

admonition; remonstrance; expostulation

2

hierarchy

2

to spend time (on doing something)

2

to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged

2

rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee

2

section manager; section chief

12

head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team

8

to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)

2

company president; manager; director

2

direct talks; direct negotiations; talking to somebody in person

2

to get angry; to become perverse

2

capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically

2

materials; data; document

4

drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing

4

pointing out; identification

2

state of mind; mental state; mental attitude

2

to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than

2

common; ordinary; conventional; customary

2

there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there

6

smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal

2

common divisor

2

to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time

2

last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)

2

wise person; sage

2

please

2

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

6

ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest

2

hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

3

to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame

4

end goal; final target

2

why?; what for?; how?; by what means?

2

particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

2

conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview

4

will; volition; intention; intent; determination

2

self-interest; selfish desire

2

to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)

2

remuneration; recompense; reward; toll

2

innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)

2

patron (of the arts, an artist, etc.); patroness; sugar daddy; man who provides for a woman (e.g. a geisha); patron; master

2

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

2

diplomatic relations

2

equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms

2

as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit

2