searching for someone; search for a missing person
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
inside; interior; inner part
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
internal strife; infighting; internal conflict
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
Amazon River; Rio Amazonas
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
nature; property; disposition
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
about; concerning; as to; regarding
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
group; bunch; crowd; group
thorough; exhaustive; complete
in name only; titular; nominal