~ The feeling is like d�j� vu ~
When I'm writing my compostion the worse thing happens is I don't know how to express English well. Sometimes I can't even describe things properly. Is it a ( ? ) or birds or a ( ? ) of sheep? After finding the facts I know actually I'm having problems with "COLLECTIVE NOUNS". Now he's how you say things properly. Don't get it wrong!
A group of PEOPLE !?

a group (crowd; throng) of people
an anticipation of aunts
a galaxy of beauties
an evasion of virgins
a dependence of daughters
a dampness of babies
a Reno of divorcees
a godiva of peeping toms
a fraud of Freudians
a depression of neurotics
a mine of egoists
a complement of sycophants
an I-told-you-so of pessimists
a wagon of teetotalers
a guzzle of gourmets
a wince of dentists
a condescension of know-it-alls
an elongation of anglers
a bench of scholars
a riot of students
a dilation of pupils
a college of tanslators
a troupe of minstrels
a caste (troupe) of actors
an emulsion of painters
a troupe (float) of dancers
a troop (cloud) of horsemen
a stream of fishermen
a regiment of soldiers
a mess of Army cooks
a mammon of millionaires
a horde of misers
a board of directors
a lot of realtors
a column of journalists
an Ali Baba of tax collectors
an unction of undertakers
a dearth of servants
a delievery of postmen
an excess of pornographers
a bench of bishops
a habit of nun
a bench of judges
a case of lawyers
a posse of police
a strike of workers
a gang of robbers
a gang (pack)  of thieves
a gang of prisoners
a gang of slaves
a horde of savages
a host of parasites
a wind of politicians
a bench of magistrates
a lack of principals
an envy of socialists
a postmortem of Republicans
a promise of Democrats
a knot of Windsors
a lie of Nixons
a plain of Carters
a tribe of Arabs
a delight of Turks

What about birds !?

a flight (volery) of birds
a peep of chickens
a brood of hens
a brood (clutch) of chicks
a rafter (gobble) of turkeys
a brace (paddling; team) of ducks
a flock (gaggle; skein) of geese
a bevy (wedge) of swans
a dule (coat) of doves
a flight (gulp) of swallows
a company of parrots
a charm of finches
a pitying of turtledoves
a host of sparrows
a muster (ostentation) of peacocks
a tidings of magpies
a nest (bouquet) of pheasants
a sedge (siege) of cranes
a mustering of storks
a siege of herons
a musder of crows
an unkindness of ravens
a building of rooks
an exaltation of larks
a cast of hawks
a watch of nightnagles
a parliament of owls
a brood of grouse
a convey of pastridges
a bevy (covey) of quail
a descent of woodpeckers
a wisp of snipe
a fall of woodcocks
a congregation (stand) of plovers
a mmmuration of starlings
a desert of lapwings
Water animals..........

a school (shoal; draught) of fish
a bed of clams
a smack of jellyfish
a bed of oysters
a bale of turtles
a hover of trout
a shoal of herrings
a can of sardines
a pod of seals
a gam (school; troop) of whales
Others

a colony of ants
a grist (hive; swarm) of bees
a plague of locusts
a swarm of flies
a cloud (horde) of gnats
an army of caterpillars
a nest of vipers
a knot of toads
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