difficult to ...; hard to ...
first match (in a series)
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
place; situation; position; location
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
clothes; female genitals; vagina; calf; last (on the list); (at the) bottom
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to chase; to run after; to pursue
back; reverse; rear side; height; stature; ridge (of a mountain)
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
to win and advance to the next round
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
door handle; doorknob; door knob; knob or handle which operates the door catch
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
burying one's head in the sand (while leaving other parts of one's body exposed); exposing one's weak point while attempting to protect oneself; (lit.) hiding one's head without hiding one's bottom
visual confirmation; sighting
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
carelessness; careless mistake; wetting oneself; soiling oneself; (arch.) crude; (arch.) coarse
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
amorous; sexy; voluptuous; erotic