to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
on the occasion of; at the time of
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to shoot a person to death
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
a thorn in one's side; a pain in the butt (often someone higher in rank, ability, etc.); a person standing in one's way; a superior who obstructs one's freedom of action
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
when it comes to; concerning
reestablish; reset (a password)
manageable; tractable; easy to care for; easy to deal with; easy to handle
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
rising; ascending; climbing
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
to spoil someone's start; to kill someone's enthusiasm; to take the wind out of someone's sails
slight superiority (in knowledge, experience, ability, etc.); being slightly older
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
one-man (show, team, etc.); tyrant; dictatorial person; conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train
management of an organization; organizational management; organizational operation
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
bygones; the past; past event
bodily sensation; sense; experience
settlement; payment of account
monopole; singular pole; unipole
strong person; the strong; the powerful
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
a long time (since the last time)