jpdb beta

to increase; to add to; to augment

2

temporary

1

to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in

1

people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various

1

to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

1

to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official

2

latent; potential

1

versatility

2

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

1

learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics

1

all people; everybody; ten thousand people

3

to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude

1

brown

1

wall

1

reading and writing

2

calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

2

expansion of one's sphere of influence; increase in one's power (strength, influence)

1

contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)

1

to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

1

what is it?

1

specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit

1

general term; generic name

1

management; administration; operation

1

each individual; each person

1

average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to

1

possession; retention; maintenance

1

to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

1

things; everything

1

(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment

1

to lead; to take the lead; to be in a top position

1

finishing blow; coup de grâce

1

favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter

1

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern

1

to go up the stairs

2

elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air

1

affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble

1

time and time again; many times; a number of times

1

person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager

1

wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else

2

to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

1

knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things

1

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

1

quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

1

silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling

1

to go underground; to go into hiding

2

office (e.g. the Oval Office)

5

to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of

1

Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word

1

excuse; explanation

2

pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

1