twangy	nasal sounding speech
to assuage	to make sth less severe, to soothe
hiccup of sth	small problem or difficulty
to endow	to provide sb naturally with sth
one's stance on sth	one's standing point, attitude towards sth
scaffolding	a system of metal tubes used to get the higher level of the building
to tweak	to pinch and twist sth sharply
tacit	quiet, silent
to bicker	to quarrel upon unimportant things
in situ	unaltered, unchanged
a smattering of	a slight knowledge of
in a nutshell	in short, in a few words
to reify	to regard usually and abstract thing as if it had concrete, material existence
to harbor	to hide
in full swing	fully active
prior to	before
to retain	to be able to remember sth for a long time
randy	lustful
cessation	an instance of stopping
flimsy	slight and thin, not strong enough for particular purpose
flimsy evidence	(of evidence) unconvincing, weak
to eyeball sth	to stare at sth, to look closely at
hassle	difficulty, struggle
to bop	to dance to pop music
to move at snail-like speed	to move slowly
glutes	muscles of the buttock
abs	muscles of abdomenon
to concede	to admit
impending	about to happen
calamity	serious misfortune, disaster
to hobble	to prevent sth from developing
a middle-of-the-road view	not exciting, ordinary
a wash	a situation in which neither side wins
to retreat	to withdraw after defeat
to go into retreat	to go into a place that is faraway from everyday life
to trumpet	to proclaim loudly and forcibly
to vilify	to slender
transient	brief, lasting for a short period of time
to be explicit about sth	to say clearly, openly about sth