to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to follow; to shadow; to hanker after; to hover around
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
to attempt; to test; to try out
stable boy; stable hand; groom
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
poisoning; kill by poison
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
very careful; thoroughly prepared
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
full stomach; filling one's stomach; eating one's fill; complete; total; full
totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling
the (four) limbs; arms and legs
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
incident; affair; happening; event
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
before long; in a few days
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
accident; emergency; calamity
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
path; lane; small diameter; small radius
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
small hill; low hill; hillock
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
to be erected; to be built
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
tearoom; tea house; tea-ceremony room; tea arbour; tea arbor
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully