to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
antipathy; reluctance; resistance
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
children's story; fairy tale
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
one after another; in rapid succession
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence