play with / dally with / flirt with / sport with / toy with

be gooey / be viscous / get sticky / be adhesive / be pasty / be tacky / be oily / be greasy / be glutinous

flirt

(of a couple) be all over (one another) / (of a couple) caress amorously (with one another) / (of a couple) neck (with one another) / (of a couple) coquet (with one another) / (of a couple) carry on (with one another) / bill and coo / (of a couple) play the coquette (with one another) / dally / (of a couple) make out (with one another) / flirt with / (of a couple) hang all over (one another)

praise one to the skies / heaps of praise / praising one to the skies / high praise / large dollops of praise / be loud in praise of / be loud in praising

stick gummily / stick glutinously / stick tackily / stick in a gooey manner

state [an addendum] elsewhere / note [an addendum] in a separate paragraph

live in a separate house / live separately / live apart from

set up a branch family / found a separate family

be set up in business by *one's master