jpdb beta

doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary

2

suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange

3

ambush; lying in wait for an ambush

1

thicket; coppice; brushwood

3

to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)

1

to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire

6

(walking) stick; cane; wand

1

charge; rush; dash; assault; attack

1

slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling

2

a quarrel; argument

2

they

1

to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect

1

to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion

3

to do a meritorious deed

1

stick

1

two (long cylindrical things)

1

shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")

1

with a thud; with a flop; with a plop; suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)

2

gallant; dashing; jaunty

1

recommendation; putting in a good word for someone

1

doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")

3

before long; even now

1

nightlife; night amusements

1

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

4

thickly; heavily; richly; severely; strongly

1

to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

2

no!; no no!; no, not at all

1

shivering; trembling

1

being startled; getting a shock

1

seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

1

to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again

2

blessing

2

to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate

1

simple; plain; modest

1

to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

3

dining table

1

wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain

1

if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...

5

excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home

1

not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...

2

to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

2

home; family; household

5

to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by

4

failure; mistake; blunder

7

to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations

1

to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)

2

tongue; tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

2

to hold up in one's arms

4

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

1

breathing; respiration

1