obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to torment; to harass; to tease
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to let (someone) take hold of your hand
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
that's the way it is; such is life
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
spirit residing in the ground
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
pale; pallid; bluish-white
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
struggling; pawing (e.g. horses' hooves)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
finish; finishing; finishing touches
restoration; repair; mending
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
rate; ratio; percentage; commission; poundage; percentage
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
every corner; every nook and cranny; all the ins and outs
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go