haunt β to visit habitually or appear to frequently as a spirit or ghost: to haunt a house; to haunt a person.
hound β Nautical. either of a pair of fore-and-aft members at the lower end of the head of a mast, for supporting the trestletrees, that support an upper mast at its heel. Compare cheek (def 12).
plague β French La Peste. a novel (1947) by Albert Camus.
shadow β a dark figure or image cast on the ground or some surface by a body intercepting light.
pursue β to strive to gain; seek to attain or accomplish (an end, object, purpose, etc.).
tag β a children's game in which one player chases the others in an effort to touch one of them, who then takes the role of pursuer.
tail β the limitation of an estate to a person and the personβs heirs or some particular class of such heirs.
track β a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
trail β to drag or let drag along the ground or other surface; draw or drag along behind.
trouble β to disturb the mental calm and contentment of; worry; distress; agitate.
follow β to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
chase β If you chase someone, or chase after them, you run after them or follow them quickly in order to catch or reach them.
accompany β If you accompany someone, you go somewhere with them.
attend β If you attend a meeting or other event, you are present at it.
dog β a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
heel β a contemptibly dishonorable or irresponsible person: We all feel like heels for ducking out on you like this.
hunt β to chase or search for (game or other wild animals) for the purpose of catching or killing.
trace β either of the two straps, ropes, or chains by which a carriage, wagon, or the like is drawn by a harnessed horse or other draft animal.
track down β a structure consisting of a pair of parallel lines of rails with their crossties, on which a railroad train, trolley, or the like runs.
stalk β an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
keep an eye on β the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
fall behind β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
falter β to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.