"to strangle with floss-silk": to torture slowly

hold an animal at bay, drive to bay / press, hunt down / corner

to strangle / to constrict, to keep something fastened or secure

slowly; at ease, without rushing, restfully

please take your time / bon appétit, enjoy your meal / (to a visitor) please make yourself at home

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend

he; boyfriend

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

neck / counter for songs and poems / beginning, first