Vocabulary

to influence; to affect

to arrange; to manage

to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs

to enshrine

to make a shrill sound

to extend; to expand; to spread out

to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on

to cross over; to wade

to push away; to push aside; to shove

to suspect; to sense

to get excited; to rouse oneself; to psyche oneself up; to be eager (to do)

to brace one's core (e.g. when carrying something heavy); to bear down; to strain (one's abdominal muscles)

to pass each other; to cross paths

to fall asleep

to oversleep

to get a crick in one's neck (while sleeping)

to be completely satisfied; to be completely contented

to detest; to abhor; to loathe

to knock down; to send flying

to bid up (the price)

to win after tough bidding

to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction; to outbid (someone)

to know thoroughly

to uncover; to solve; to reveal

to fight to the bitter end

to fan incessantly; to agitate; to instigate

to mention; to refer to; to touch upon

to explain carefully or by making distinctions

to persuade

to begin an explanation (argument, story, etc.)

to persuade

to bind together

to twist

to adhere to; to stick to; to cling to

to carry into (esp. an injured person into a hospital); to take into; to bring into

to remain married for life; to live as a married couple until death

to dazzle; to blind

to scuttle off; to take flight

to take flight; to disappear

to fail to escape