| Peculiar (prefix) | 17 |
| Own: Prefix | 11 |
| One's own, for a starter | 28 |
| It means "peculiar" | 29 |
| Individual: Prefix | 18 |
| "Syncratic" prefix | 28 |
| "Peculiar" starter | 28 |
| "Peculiar" prefix | 27 |
| ''Peculiar'' word form | 38 |
| Folly | 5 |
| Stupidity | 9 |
| Foolishness | 11 |
| Utter foolishness | 17 |
| Three Stooges specialty | 23 |
| Senselessness | 13 |
| Stupid stuff | 12 |
| Opposite of sheer genius | 24 |
| Mindless behavior | 17 |
| Foolish act | 11 |
| Boneheadedness | 14 |
| Utter stupidity | 15 |
| Unintelligence | 14 |
| Total stupidness | 16 |
| Total nonsense | 14 |
| Three Stooges display | 21 |
| Stupid behavior | 15 |
| Senseless behavior | 18 |
| Opposite of brilliance | 22 |
| Oligophrenia | 12 |
| Numskull's trait | 20 |
| It makes no sense | 17 |
| It doesn't make sense | 25 |
| Inanity | 7 |
| Inane behavior | 14 |
| Extreme foolishness | 19 |
| Dumbness | 8 |
| Anoia | 5 |
| Anoesia | 7 |
| Regional dialect | 16 |
| "Talk turkey," e.g. | 29 |
| "Going to the dogs," e.g. | 35 |
| Translator's challenge | 26 |
| Peculiar expression | 19 |
| Parlance | 8 |
| Dialect of a region | 19 |
| Peculiar speech form | 20 |
| Language lesson | 15 |
| "Cat got your tongue?" e.g. | 37 |
| ''Going to the dogs,'' e.g. | 43 |
| Turn of phrase | 14 |
| Linguistic quirk | 16 |
| Language peculiarity | 20 |
| Language learner's challenge | 32 |
| Colloquial phrase | 17 |
| "One for the books," for one | 38 |
| "Hang one's head," e.g. | 37 |
| "For crying out loud," e.g. | 37 |
| "Burn the midnight oil," for one | 42 |
| Translator's obstacle | 25 |
| Tough phrase for foreigners | 27 |
| Speech form | 11 |
| Shoot the breeze, e.g. | 22 |
| Regional language | 17 |
| Language style | 14 |
| Language student's problem | 30 |
| Language learner's hurdle | 29 |
| Immigrant's hurdle | 22 |
| Hit the sack, e.g. | 18 |
| Going to the dogs, e.g. | 23 |
| Fly off the handle, e.g. | 24 |
| Down in the dumps, say | 22 |
| Common phrase | 13 |
| Colloquialism | 13 |
| Characteristic style | 20 |
| By hook or by crook, e.g. | 25 |
| Bite the bullet, e.g. | 21 |
| A manner of speaking | 20 |
| "On the fence," for example | 37 |
| "Kick the bucket" is one | 34 |
| "In the doghouse," e.g. | 33 |
| "Eat crow" or "talk turkey" | 47 |
| "Apple of my eye," for example | 40 |
| ''Talk turkey,'' e.g. | 37 |
| ''Kick the bucket,'' for one | 44 |
| You shouldn't take it literally | 35 |
| Way of putting things | 21 |
| Unintuitive thing for language learners | 39 |
| Under the weather, e.g. | 23 |
| Tough phrase for an interpreter | 31 |
| TOEFL toughie | 13 |
| Spoken language | 15 |
| Speech style | 12 |
| Speaking style | 14 |
| Screw the pooch, e.g. | 21 |
| Regional phrase | 15 |
| Phrase-book entry | 17 |
| Philologist's interest | 26 |
| One is "easy as pie" | 30 |
| One concern of a grammarian | 27 |
| Offbeat phrase | 14 |