to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
appointment; rendezvous; date
all out; like hell; like crazy; desperately; (lit.) expecting to die
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
empirical; from experience
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
grief; sorrow; extreme sadness; heartbreak
running as fast as one can
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
to prostrate oneself before
to make an appearance; to show up
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
uncool; unsophisticated; unfashionable; out of fashion; tacky
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested