jpdb beta

(a) little; somewhat; somehow

10

sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

3

was

30

overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest

7

clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly

1

to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of

1

sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison

3

to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

5

to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle

2

amount of material resources

1

to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)

4

to tear to pieces; to tear to shreds; to pick (e.g. fruit); to pluck; to do ... heavily; to do ... heartily

1

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

1

10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various

12

to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house

7

number; amount

14

unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive

1

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

4

ecdysis; shedding (of skin); sloughing; freeing oneself; breaking with (convention, etc.)

1

each time

2

with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by

4

as if; as though

1

chrysalis; pupa

1

emergence (of insects); eclosion; growing wings

1

to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light

8

upper half of the body; upper body

9

excited condition; excited state

2

to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other

2

eyeball

12

evil eye

2

remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively

19

scouting; reconnaissance

1

(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently

2

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)

3

skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath

4

to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

7

throughout the body

1

evil eye

1

calculation; reckoning; count; forecast

9

to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture

9

(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

2

nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web

3

same kind (race); homogeneousness

1

innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine

1

existential threat; life-or-death crisis

1

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate

1

being too late; losing one's final chance

1

to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple

6

to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.

10

long and large; tall and large; grand; huge

2