Ways of Walking

A vocabulary exercise based on situations from
The Maltese Falcon

Use the context provided below to choose the correct verb for each sentence. Note that the situations are in the past.

crawl, trip, dash, trudge, slip, creep,
limp, stagger, wander, stroll, march

(a) Captain Jacobi, weak from loss of blood, into the room.

(b) Spade slowly down the busy street, pretending he didn't notice the man following him.

(c) Wilmer's foot had been injured in the struggle with Spade, and he over to the sofa.

(d) Archer stepped back, on the loose gravel, and fell over the embankment.

(e) Cairo into Spade's room so that no one would hear him.

(f) On his hands and knees, Spade towards the door.

(g) Wilmer caught his foot on the chair and over it.

(h) Spade down the stairs in a hurry so that the man wouldn't see him.

(i) Captain Jacobi, mortally wounded, through the trash and litter in the alley to reach Spade's office.

(j) O'Shaughnessy around the city for hours, uncertain where to go for help.

(k) The policemen apprehended Wilmer and him down to the station.

To complete the exercise, you should define all of the words according to the way of walking they represent. For example:
"To dash" means to walk or run somewhere very quickly.
"To wander" means to walk aimlessly, without knowing or caring about your destination.

Now try to define the rest of these words, based on the examples given above.