standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
stacking flat and face up (magazines, books, etc.)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
this side; in the forefront
counter for chairs or seats
section chief; laboratory manager; office head; room monitor
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
entering an institution; beginning training; primer; manual; introduction (to)
everyday; always; at all times; frequently
all year round; all the time; year in and year out
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
phantom; vision; illusion
lock; padlock; tablet; lozenge; pill
incompatible; (going together) like oil and water
everything; anything; nothing
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
stomach-ache; stomach pain; gastralgia
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
doing things at one's own pace (e.g. slower than others); doing things one's own way (esp. in an inconsiderate manner)
with a momentary flash of light
to live; to make a living; to get on with
loudly (flinging open a door); with a clatter; with a crash (e.g. of a falling structure); completely (change); utterly; louvre window (door, vent, etc.)
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
due form; official; formality
finally; barely; only just; gradually
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
to take someone's life; to kill someone
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards