close to the wall; alongside the wall
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
just because; even if; even though
to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to pin down; to knock down; to push (and hold) somebody down (esp. with sexual connotations)
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
by sheer strength; by brute force
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
ignorant of the ways of the world
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
society; the world; the times
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to be kind to; to treat kindly
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to rub against; to chafe; to quarrel
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
no; that's wrong; it's not like that; isn't it?; wasn't it?
rascal; villain; scoundrel; ruffian; crook
to rub together (e.g. one's hands)
to put something on top of another thing; to superimpose
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
to look down over; to look down on
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
length of time which food products will keep; to keep a long time
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel