pursuer; pursuing party; posse
to live through; to survive
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to chase about; to hang on; to drive hard
vacant house; unoccupied house
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
home; household; family; hearth
minimum; at the very least
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
tremendous; rapid; dramatic
labor saving; labour saving
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
experiential; empirical; experimental
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to resuscitate; to revive; to regain consciousness; to come round
retort (vessel used for distillation); retort (airtight vessel used to heat and sterilize canned or retort-pouch food)
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to polish; to shine; to burnish; to refine (a skill, etc.); to improve; to hone
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
outrageous; preposterous; most improper; most unreasonable; inexcusable; unpardonable
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it