collection of books; (personal) library
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to make a speech; to address
sequel; later development
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
to machine; to cut; to scrape
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
earth dug out of a construction site
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
remote past; far ago; time immemorial
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
insolent fellow; rude fellow
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
to fail to die (e.g. after suicide attempt or accident); to survive; to outlive
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
foster sibling; foster brother; foster sister
senior group member; leader among peers; (like) one's older brother; big brother
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
I have nothing to do with it
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
one's own child; one's own children
helping hand; help; support; aid
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
(someone else's) child; child; kid