Engelska - To hell with dying

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• neglected forgotten, ignored, not taken care of
• the brink of death almost dying
• expire here: die
• straggly growing/ spread out irregularly
• fare make it, cope, succeed
• shiftless (as the day was long) lacking ambition, energy (as the day was long = very much so)
• mint chest of money
• thinnish thin
• kinky here: thick and curly (about hair)
• squinty cross-eyed
• stingy a stingy person doesn't like/ want to spend money. the opposite of generous
• keel over fall over
• commotion noise
• loll hang loosely, drop
• squall scream, cry
• wary of afraid of, not showing trust in someone/ something
• sinking fast dying, losing consciousness
• crossover move from one side to another, here: dying
• shake a leg hurry up
• dallying doing something slowly
• kick the bucket die
• accustomed to used to
• ham a person who acts in an exaggerated way when somebody is watching, a drama queen...
• implacable something that cannot be changed (death for instance)
• misty here: filled with tears
• prop up support with a pillow for instance
• scratchy rough
• a trifle a little...
• jarring a harsh sound
• dilapidated old, worn down, neglected
• rickety not stable, about to break
• spry filled with life, mischievous
• china porcelain

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