difficult to ...; hard to ...
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
origin; fundamental element
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
rather; better; instead; if anything
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
with a crack (e.g. branches, knuckles)
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to throw oneself; to jump; to leap