Lesson 1 A puma at large

spot

[VT, -tt-] to see or notice someone or something, usually because you are looking hard - I've just ~ed Malcolm - he's over there, near the entrance.

oblige

[VT] , usually passive] oblige somebody to do something to force somebody to do something, by law, because it is a duty, etc. - Parents are ~d by law to send their children to school.

corner

[VT] corner somebody/something to get a person or an animal into a place or situation from which they cannot escape - The man was finally ~ed by police in a garage.

claim

[VT] to say that something is true although it has not been proved and other people may not believe it - He ~s (that) he was not given a fair hearing.

extraordinarily

adverb in a way that is more, greater or better than usual - She did ~ well.

somehow

adverb or a reason that you do not know or understand - ~, I don't feel I can trust him.

at large

Idioms (of a dangerous person or animal) not captured; free - Her killer is still ~.

hunt

noun [countable] (often in compounds) an act of chasing wild animals to kill or capture them - a tiger ~

disturb

verb to make somebody worry - The letter shocked and ~ed me.

convince

verb to make somebody/yourself believe that something is true - The experience ~d him that Europe was on the brink of a revolution.