difficult to ...; hard to ...
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to resolve to do; to make up one's mind to do; to set one's heart on; to have one's heart set on
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
to stop walking; to pause
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
to hang low over (e.g. clouds); (arch.) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
one by one; one after another; successively
to swoop down upon; to fly down; to alight
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
to take a breath; to take a short rest
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
on the way back; returning
mediator; manager; caretaker
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
shoulder (of a road); berm
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
(horse-drawn) cart; wagon; dray
toppling sideways; turning sideways; falling over sideways; barrel roll
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending