to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to detain; to check; to restrain
determination; resolution
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
a few hours; several hours; about two to six hours
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
suddenly; at once; considerably; very much; firmly; with an effort
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to garnish; to accompany (as a card does a gift); to add to as support; to prop up; to accompany (as an aid, guide, translator, etc.); (arch.) to mimic
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
to waver in one's resolution
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
sound of a gun; roar of cannon
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave