skulk

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• around: Moreover, they should not have to skulk around the corridors of their department on the off chance of catching their tutor!
• off: The normal manner would be to skulk off stage left at this point, but not so on the PPT.

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• specie: As always with skulking species, spring is probably the best time to locate them as they call loudly from the reeds and scrub.
• bird: Several prolonged views of what can be a skulking bird.
• round: I think it might have been spent skulking round the tents, or perhaps on the Maes, or possibly in Dinbych.
• species: Most of the birders had at least flight views of this skulking species.

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• around: Their massively green scaled bodies skulking around, looking for someone useless to play with.
• off: Will was skulking off in the shadows somewhere, obviously eager not to catch a glimpse of my angered face.

Modifying Another Word

• about: MAMMALS Red Fox: Just a single sighting of one skulking about among a jumble of rocks in the Ossoue Valley on 25th.
• away: Whenever there is controversy over such matters, New Labor skulks away, not wanting to be involved... .
• back: He skulked back to the Antipodes ready, no doubt, to wreak havoc on the next unsuspecting poor soul he came upon.
• very: It's rare to get such a good view of this very skulking species.
• still: Time is running out for many who still skulk unwillingly in the shadows of HIV awareness.
• rather: ROBIN, Commonly heard in woodland, rather skulking, only seen at Balcoes.

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• undergrowth: Take a walk on the wild side and see what creepy crawlies you can find skulking in the undergrowth.
• shadow: On the walk home I saw Tim-Tom skulking in the shadows.
• bush: Note: Calls loud and distinctive, but skulks normally in bushes and trees and is therefore not easy to see.
• vegetation: Birding today was tough with a lot of species either skulking in dense vegetation or high up in the canopy.
• corner: Hirst is skulking in a corner with the dealer Jay Jopling, but he is behaving relatively graciously.
• background: He also has a penchant for skulking in the background, as can be seen in the photo.