to walk backwards taking small steps away from smth / smo that frightens you, edge away from, move slowly towards smth, edge towards, to walk between ppl / objects that are in ur way, pick your way through a crowd / a cluster of tables etc, to walk in a slow and lazy way, saunter, to move quickly with little steps [oft. to desc. insects / small animals], scurry, to enter a room quietly hoping not to be noticed, slip into a room, to be sitting in a very relaxed way, lounge on the sofa - deckchair / sprawl [spreading legs - arms], not be sitting straight but leaning at an angle, be slumped in / on a chair / over the table, to turn the pages of a book w/o reading much of it, flick / leaf through a book / magazine, to read very carefully and for a long time, pore over a book, to look for a long time w/o really seeing what u're looking at, gaze, to look w/ difficulty bc u can't see properly (bc of darkness / poor eyesight), peer, to look fixedly at smo / smth, stare, to give a quick casual and harmless look, peek, to give a secretive and inappropiate look, peep, to have a mometary / partial view of smth, glimpse, to write notes / telephone nums / addresses very quickly [esp. in response to what smo is saying / telling u], jot (smth) down, draw little drawings on the margins of the page, doodle, to write smth very quickly oft. unreadable, scribble, to write long notes while listening to smo speak, take (smth) down, to speak quietly and unclearly bc u're shy / nervous, mumble, to speak very quietly, whisper, to smile with happiness showing in ur face, beam, to suddenly begin laughing loudly, burst out laughing / burst into laughter, to laugh in a childish way bc u're embarrassed / nervous / amused, giggle, laugh loudly, chuckle, to smile widely [normally bc u're very pleased - can be sinister], grin, laugh quietly / disrespectfully, snigger, to try and reach / hold smth in a clumsy way bc u're upset / in a hurry, fumble about, to look for smth in ur pockets / bag etc using just ur hands, rummage about, to look very carefully and thoroughly for smth in an area, scour a place / area.

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