tasteless; flavourless; uninteresting; dull; dry
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
lukewarm; tepid; disagreeably warm (e.g. bath)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to squeeze out; to wring out
to become coarse (e.g. of a texture); to turn rough; to turn gritty; to become sandy
close adhesion; sticking firmly to; relating closely to; having relevance to; contact printing
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
scoundrel; ruffian; villain