difficult to ...; hard to ...
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something
to complain; to make a complaint
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
sex; sexual intercourse; (one's) sex; gender
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
southeastern part; the southeast
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
simply; merely; only; solely
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
counter for choices, options, etc.