Vocabulary

to bring back

to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for

to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.)

to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay

to deafen

to be able to speak; to be able to talk

to get lost; to lose one's bearings

to pluck (esp. by twisting from a tree); to pick (e.g. apples)

to be seen dimly; to glimmer

to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for

to turn upside down; to turn (face) downward

to lie face down (e.g. on the ground, napping on a desk); to lie prone

to make

to wait upon; to serve

to usurp boastfully

to lean against; to set against

to lean against; to lean on; to recline on

to lean (on, against); to rest (against); to recline

to snip (off); to nip off; to clip off; to trim off

to cut; to prune; to trim (branches, leaves, flowers, etc.)

to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst

to be stingy (with); to skimp (on)

to moan; to groan

to slurp; to sip (loudly)

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard

to scent out; to detect

to sniff out; to get wind of

to distinguish by smell; to smell the difference (between); to scent out

to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by

to choke; to be choked (by)

to laugh at someone scornfully; to scoff at

to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

to boast; to brag

to play accompaniment; to keep time

to sing; to chirp; to twitter

to flatter; to curry favor (with); to fawn (on)

to tease; to make fun of; to make sport of

to hatch; to incubate

to hatch (out)