staking out (in advance; e.g. a seat or a spot); saving a place; reserving a location
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
elder brother; big brother; one's senior; one's elder; old ingredients; stale ingredients
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
individual; private person; personal; natural person
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
older brother; elder brother; brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband)
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
about this time; about now
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
the opposite direction; the other way
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); because ...; for good reason; there is a (good) reason that ...
side entrance; tradesman's entrance; service entrance; staff entrance
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; one cup after another; cup by cup
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
original method; original procedure; genuine way (of doing something)
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to pack; to crowd
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity; one's monopoly
in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)