crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom
turning over in bed; rolling over; tossing and turning; betrayal; double-crossing
as much as one wants; as many as one wants; all that one wishes for
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
to hold still; to hold in place; to calm down; to become steady (e.g. of nerves); to become fixed (e.g. of a gaze); to become glazed
school building; schoolhouse
thinking back now; looking back
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
girl's feeling; maiden's mind
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
branch (of a tree); stick
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
funeral parlor (parlour); funeral home; undertaker's; undertaker; mortician; funeral director
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
rustic; rude; vulgar; rough
attentive to detail; careful; considerate; meticulous; detailed
systematic; regular; routine