Vocabulary

to hug (unintentionally, unable to suppress one's emotions)

to wander about

to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away

to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)

to plead; to urge; to pester; to beg; to badger; to complain

to cut; to slit; to slash

to push aside; to push one's way through

to bail out (water); to scoop out

to scrape out; to rake out (e.g. ashes); to bail out (e.g. water)

to swipe; to filch; to pilfer; to snatch; to walk off with

to carry under the arm

to smooth out; to rake

to push aside; to shove aside; to rake away (leaves)

to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear

to disappear; to vanish into thin air

to stir up (e.g. a fire)

to sweep together; to rake up; to gather up

to scrape off; to scrape away

to weep bitterly

to slip through; to slip past; to evade

to become overcast

to be sharp; to be rough

to be sharp; to be rough

to be angular; to jut out; to be pointed; to be sharp; to be jagged; to be rugged

to work one's way up

to beat back into shape

to beat to death

to tear down; to shatter

to become dirty; to become grimy; to become filthy; to get stained with dirt

to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up

to close tight

to be shut tight

to drift along

to be superior; to surpass

to be busy at work; to work diligently

to make a din

to become grainy

to be accustomed to traveling (travelling)

to bite through

to be used to eating