leap backwards, retrogression

slander

to kiss or to be kissed

to ask for a kiss, to solicit a kiss

go to shear but be shorn

misguide, mislead, divert into wrong direction, poison the mind

crooked head, crooked mind

roast or parch like gram, destroy (as with a volley)

torment, harass, give someone a hard time, set a very difficult task, cause trouble, set a hard row to hoe, put (someone) in hot water

suffer a loss instead of a profit, incur trouble while doing good

to kiss

sweet made of molasses and rice crisps

a kind word costs nothing

do something stealthily

reversed, turned back, inverted, head downwards, upside-down

tease, torment, harass greatly

do something easy in a complicated way

treacle, dried molasses

there is nothing lost by civility,

talk nonsense