old hag; old woman; old bat
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be (too) late getting married; to be (too) late going somewhere
phoenix (bird of Egyptian mythology); phoenix (any palm tree of genus Phoenix, incl. the date palm)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
sanctuary; Sanctuary (faction of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan); Akamatsu faction; Akamatsu group
to name; to call; to christen; to term
many people; a large number of people
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; (arch.) evil deed; (arch.) wrongdoing; (arch.) wrongdoer
pupil; student; schoolchild
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
speech; expression; wording; language
all the time; every single time; thank you (for your continued patronage)
that's the way it is; such is life
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
stress relief; stress release; blowing off steam
intelligence or information network
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to rant and rave; to raise hell
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
had better ...; had better not ...
boy; son; baby boy; young man