Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to step firmly; to harden by treading
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
lower-middle (e.g. in class rank)
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
to collapse into; to flop onto
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
failure; mistake; blunder
acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
hitting ratio; hit rate; success rate; accuracy rate
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
way out; means to escape; escape route