to invent or make up something false, such as a story, excuse, or evidence

affecting shyness, bashfulness, or embarrassment, often in a hesitant or unnatural manner

affecting shyness or embarrassment; hesitant and bashful in behavior

fabrication relying on nothing; a frame-up; made up out of thin air

to break out into a cold sweat; to be very nervous or worried (idiom)

to act as a go-between

to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)

to make an accusation based on fabricated evidence

to affect shyness or behave in an affectedly coy manner

to act as a go-between

to crush something with one's hands

A form of therapeutic massage, mainly for children, in which a roll of skin is squeezed, working from the base of the spine to the neck (TCM).

chiropractic medicine or traditional Chinese spinal massage therapy

The weak are often picked on or exploited because they are easy targets; bullies choose soft targets who are unlikely to resist.