to pay lip-service	to say that you support sth but in fact you don't
to fade into oblivion	to gradually become forgotten
benchmark	a point of reference
the chaw	food (informal)
cues	signals
not to give a hoot about sth	not to care about sth at all
rolling	noisy and lively, pleasant
discordance	disonance, disagreement
to be concordant with	to be in agreement with
to lowball	to underestimate, to understate
snuggle	comfortable, soft, ready to cuddle
to misfire	to fail ot have the desired effect
aft	towards, in near
a spike of	an abrupt increase or rise
tactile	of the sense of touch
wonderment	amazement, surprise
not least	especially
to stamp	to put one's foot heavily on the ground
to generate	to cause, to produce
to surrender	to give up
groundless	baseless
tireless	putting a lot of hard work and energy
bottomless	abysmal
restless	unable to sit still
when it comes to the crunch	when a difficult moment comes
to summon	to gather, to muster
to fade away	to make gradually disappear
rally	a public meeting to support a cause/ car race
to clamp down	to try to control sth dangerous
to peter out	to withdraw gradually
to fob off	to give sb the thing that is not what he really wants
the length and breadth	everywhere
siege	an instance of surrounding ex. a town
to merit	to deserve
to run sth down	to criticise
to call off	to cancel
to turn sth down	to decline, to refuse
to laugh sth off	to treat sth as unimportant, trivial
to disseminate	to spread
to put down	to lower
to write off	to treat sth as useless
to send up	to imitate
to feel off colour	not to feel very well
insubstantial	weak, unimportant
inferior	inside
to rub	to cause sth to move over some surface
to scrub	to remove from a surface
to despair of sth	to lose all hope
to loathe	to abhor
to relinquish	to give up
dismal	gloomy, miserable
to sink to the floor	to fall down
to relish sth	to take great pleasure, joy
to pick on sb	to be deliberately unkind to sb
liability	responsibility
to hoard	to collect and store/ to keep sth secretly
a wealth of sth	a great amount
well and truly	completely
prospect of	likelihood
to swindle	to cheat to get money
to dim	to darken, to become less light