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JakobVirgil  ·  4300 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I mostly do the first part :)

akkartik  ·  4300 days ago  ·  link  ·  

:) Seriously, though, I think it's a blind spot in western civilization that we have no word for what that frog is doing. Words like 'wait' don't capture the hidden dynamism of the posture, and words like 'stalk' or 'pounce' emphasize the action at the end of the wait, or the stealth of the act.

JakobVirgil  ·  4299 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"lay in wait" should be a single word.