Sentence:  There was his mistress, Maria Morano. I don't think I've ever seen anything to <WSD>touch</WSD> her, and when you work for the screen [as I do] you're apt to have a pretty exacting standard of female beauty. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To be on the (level) of; to approach in excellence or quality. (from 19th c.)