whet / tempt / excite / stimulate / arouse / stir up / attract

instigate / <c:colloq.> egg *someone on / incitement / abetment / <<encourage>> fan / agitation / instigation / agitate / <c:colloq.> stir *someone up

sneak into / steal into / infiltrate / smuggle *oneself into <secret passage>

be immersed in / being engrossed in / be devoted to / be engrossed in / be absorbed in / being immersed in / being devoted to / devoting *oneself to / being absorbed in / keep *one's mind on / devote *oneself to

starting earlier / start earlier

starting / start

dye *one's hair

handiwork with a carved monkey pattern / string of triangular chaplets

line drawing / make a line drawing

die from a disease contracted at the front