Just call them cousins.. don't count if once or twice or thrice removed. We all came from the same place anyway.. We're all cousins I guess. They are your cousins, not niece or nephew either... just cousins.

"I can't for the life of me think (understand/recall/remember a reason in the memories of my life) why I was so slow (movements of body/mind was impaired)-maybe it was the booze (Because of drinking alcoholic beverages). Booze is slang for alcoholic beverages.

"I felt supported". Although they did accompany you physically, the reason for there presence was to support you in difficult time. Accompany is usually used when someone goes somewhere with you because you need or want them there.

"I would kill" ...or "I would die" would be used to show desperation.. urgency to have something. To express that your desire is so great that you would do just about anything to get it.

There is bad (Something that went wrong or gives a bad feeling) , then there is worse and lastly there is worst. I will explain incorrectly for you to understand... there is bad... then badder (Worse) and lastly baddest (Worst). Badder is never used, it's incorrect... instead we say worse. As for the word baddest, it also incorrectly used because in these times it has become a Slang term for being Cool or popular. The correct way is bad, worse and worst.

Wait a second means wait a moment. I would rather say "Wait a moment" because some moments are long and some are short. Also, Wait a second has nothing to do with leaving. It's about waiting. "Hold up" means hold your position... stop walking... stop... stand there... wait for me. "Hold on" can mean "wait for"... as in wait for me to finish what I am doing...or anyone else that is doing something and not able to give you attention at that moment. "Hang on" is meant to have the other person wait... just wait... for you for whatever reason. It doesn't imply that you are leaving either.

I would say this method of asking a question is a specific way to ask a question by command. For example, if I ask, "When are you going to Japan?" And you speak to me about other things and ignore my question, I will then ask this way "Tell me when you are going to Japan." (Are and you are switched) It's a command basically. Another reason to ask this way is because the person asking is not interested in anything else that person may want to say. I have never asked a question this way because I don't like to omit words and assume the other person knows what I really want to know. I would just ask this way... "Would you just tell me when you are going to Japan?" The word 'Would' made it a question. This is the complete way without omitting any words and the correct form of the question.

Dark meaning here is about feeling. Dark can mean depressed, sad, upset, angry... hurt feelings.