Vocabulary

to dent; to indent; to depress; to humiliate

to cave in; to become depressed; to sink

to hollow out

to parry; to sidestep; to dodge

to push and push; to keep pushing to the end

to force open; to push open

to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to gatecrash

to approach the year end; to be jammed tight

to cram (into a box, bag, etc.); to pack

to press together

to spread; to extend; to expand; to propagate

to jostle; to crowd; to haggle

to push aside; to brush aside

to force one's way through

to push (something) against

to break through

to push aside

to push back; to press back; to force back

to turn sideways

to exchange blows; to hit each other; to punch each other; to fight

to strike dead; to beat to death

to knock down; to knock out

to hit hard; to strike hard

to become lukewarm; to become tepid

to make a (government) grant

to go down and stand

to decline (stock market)

to talk about indecent things

to be churlish; to be crude; to be boorish; to be vulgar; to conduct oneself in an unseemly manner

to become vulgar; to coarsen

to take (much) time; to be delayed

to succeed in doing; to see through; to manage to do; to finish doing

to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle

to sing responsively

to feel hot; to flush; to burn

to work; to earn income

to bloom

to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow

to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience

to irritate; to exasperate