by his own rights From the movie Dogville. Tom was a writer. At any rate, by his own rights. His output as committed to paper was so far limited to the words great" and "small," followed by a question mark, but nevertheless meticulously archived in one of his many bureau drawers. What does "by his own rights" mean here? It's the same as "in his own rights"?

help me to understand a dialogue It's from the movie Heat (1995) Two gangsters talking on the phone. - Where are you? - There's cops all over me, man. They're on me like a cheap suit. I can't dump them. - After the fact you spotted them? - No, no. They're doing parallels. I can try to dump them again. - How are we gonna know if you did? If you didn't, you'll draw them to us. I can't understand the part "after the fact" and "they are doing parallels". They don't make sense to me.

off a knock-back From the movie Heat (1995) A policeman reads a file of a criminal saying what he'd been convicted of. Five years in Folsom off a knock-back to involuntary manslaughter. What does "off a knock-back to" mean here?

help me to understand a sentence A girl got hurt in her leg. A man who knows something about field surgery tries to help her Man: I mean, it's not my area of expertise but I know a little bit. Girl: Okay. Is all this blood normal? Man: Well, you have a piece of truck in your leg. Girl: No way is a joke gonna make me feel more comfortable in your ability to not kill me right now. What does she mean? Can't understand what "feel comfortable in someone's ability" means.

help me to understand a sentence From the play The last of Mrs Cheyney In the hands of Mrs. Cheney was a letter with incriminating information. The people mentioned in the letter ask her to sell them the letter. She answers If I sell the letter, I will do so not in the sense of blackmail, but more in the spirit of breach of promise, for ten thousand pounds! Help me to understand it, please. Especially the "in the spirit of" part". I got it, she don't mind selling the letter but won't do it because she's a blackmailer, but...

corrspondent Form the movie "The last of Mrs Cheyney" (1929) - You will refuse Lord Elton! - Why? - Because his wealth and his position will in no way compensate you for his, uh, his dullness. - Well, assuming all that to be true the love of a good man surely stands for something. - Not at all. That is proved by the fact that it always the bad man who is the correspondent. What does "the correspondent" mean here? It's surely not a reporter or a pen friend.

a sticky book Kids mess with an older guy asking if he wants to buy some weed from them. At some point he's tired of this and gives them money saying: Keep your puff. Buy yourself a sticky book and a packet of sweets. I can't find anything on "a sticky book" in Google except for books with sticky notes but I am not sure he means one of those. He obviously is talking about something for children but what is it? This is from the movie The Gentlemen. It takes places in the UK so it is maybe something frome those parts.