one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
purse snatching; handbag snatching; purse snatcher; handbag snatcher
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
arm; ability; skill; (physical) strength
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
then; and (then); in that case; if so
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
individual; private person; personal; natural person
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to cry; to shed tears; to suffer (from); to be troubled (by); to accept (an unreasonable request, loss, etc.); to do reluctantly
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
nothing but; except; no more than
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
drinking habitually; being fond of (a drink)
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to be able to manage somehow or other
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
to get hungry; to become hungry
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to grapple with (each other); to tussle with; to wrestle with; to scuffle with
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted