to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
great plain; prairie; steppe; hahahaha; LMAO; ROFL
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
small-format paperback book; pocket paperback
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
three times; thrice; many times; over and over again; often
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
skipping out; cutting class; truancy; procrastination
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good; lacking
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to surround; to crowd around
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...