1 sponge (zoology)

2 sponge (piece of absorbent material, either natural or made from plastic etc)

3 foam rubber

1 to be in a tangle

2 to nag

1 continuous

2 uninterrupted

1 sheep

1 to wind around

2 to wrap round

3 to coil

4 tangle

5 to involve

6 to bother

7 to annoy

1 lit. a needle concealed in silk floss (idiom)

2 fig. ruthless character behind a gentle appearance

3 a wolf in sheep's clothing

4 an iron fist in a velvet glove

1 to muddle things together (idiom)

2 to bother sb with annoying muddle-headed talk

1 (of a person) sad beyond words (idiom)

2 (of music, literature etc) poignant

3 very sentimental

1 to pester endlessly (idiom)

2 an annoying troublemaker

1 lit. ten thousand strings of cash in money belt (idiom); carrying lots of money

2 extremely wealthy

3 loaded