to snuggle	to get close to sb for warm or comfort
loft	attic
in the loft	at the very top of building
bothersome	hard, unpleasant, troublesome
to lug	to carry sth with great effort
flippant	not showing required respect or seriousness
to be raring to do sth	to be really willing to do sth
to slumber	to sleep peacefully
on the spur of the moment	without considering sth first
landing	place between stairs
squarely	directly
overly	too much/ excessively
phase	specific period of time
to prevail over sb	to dominate/ to defeat (przeważać)
to alter	to change slightly
alteration	small change
to convert	to change
to live through	to experience difficult or dangerous conditions (przeżyć)
to grab	to take
to sip	to drink slowly, taking small amount of liquid (sączyć)
to spoon	to take sth with spoon
to stir	to move liquid round
to peep	to take a secret, quick look (zerknąć)
gross	total/ obvious/ fat/ rude
to wage war	to be involved in a war/ to fight against sb
to topple	to be unsteady and fall (przewrócić się)
to totter	to waver (chwiać się)
to shove	to push sth quickly/ to make sth collapsed (pchnąć)
custody	an instance of taking care of sth
to remain in custody	to be imprisoned waiting for jail
grease	fatty or oily substance
residue	remaining part of sth which was used
martyr	person who suffers because of religious beliefs
to propel	to make sth move
to bounce	to move up and down
to elucidate	to make sth clear/ to explain
sequel to sth	continuation
malignant	extremely harmful, mean
to hold in check	to control
to hinge on	to depend on
hinge	metal thing that holds a door
to imbue	to permeate or influence as if by dying (nasycić)
certitude	feeling of certainty
breach	an instance of breaking, a gap (wyrwa)
to elaborate on sth	to provide more details (opracować coś)
resentment	a feeling of bitterness, anger
pull	force
posterity	future generation
sovereignty	independence
backlash	violent reaction
to date back to	to originate from
malevolent	wishing to do harm
elaborated	carefully planned, detailed
to juxtapose	to place together to compare or to show contrast between them (zestawić, przeciwstawić)