standing together in a disorderly fashion; standing close around; crowding together; flooding in (applicants, election candidates, etc.)
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
evil spirit; demon; devil
one's whole life; one's lifetime
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
not entirely wrong but not entirely right; so-so; average
symbol; code; sign; notation
title; index; heading; headline; caption
to shave off; to scrape off
the deceased; deaths; persons killed
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
back country; remote countryside
being blocked (and contained); reduced circumstances
to row a boat; to nod off; to doze off
great many; ever so many; any number; as few or as many (as you like); whether large or small
to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears
being at cross-purposes from the start; getting off on the wrong foot; (lit.) doing up one's buttons wrongly
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
grandfather; male senior-citizen
warning line; police cordon
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
peep; chirp; poor; hard up; the runs; diarrhea
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
warming (limbering) up; warming-up exercises
elementary; basic; rudimentary
early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
repair work; renovation work; restoration work
temporary; transient; trifling; slight; negligent
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows