[{"Bold_text": "verb (used without object)", "List Items": ["to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed byabout, along, on, through,etc.):He saw the child floundering about in the water.", "to struggle clumsily or helplessly:He floundered helplessly on the first day of his new job.Synonyms: muddle , waver , falter", "to be in imminent danger of failure:The negotiations floundered primarily on the question of extending regional autonomy."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a European, marine flatfish,Platichthys flesus,used for food.", "any of numerous similar or closely related non-European flatfishes.", "any flatfish other than soles."]}]