difficult to ...; hard to ...
natural; intrinsic; from birth
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
appreciation; thanks; gratitude
cotton (material); red silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba)
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
one's self-possession; one's presence of mind
to half-rise to one's feet
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
(with a) thump; (hanging) straight down
bodily build; degree of fleshiness
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
downy hair; down; vellus hair; lanugo
thicket; coppice; brushwood
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
drop (e.g. of water); drip
sweet-smelling; scentful; fragrant
bill; handbill; flier; flyer; leaflet; poster
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
stairs; stairway; staircase
to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
the more one looks (at it) the more...
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
discord; dissonance; cacophony; discord (in a relationship); disagreement; disharmony