obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
later on; eventually; afterwards
important post; important office; key position
pregnancy; conception; gestation
on the occasion of; at the time of
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
depending on the situation; should time and circumstances permit
income; receipts; revenue
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
study; research; investigation
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
toddling; with small, quick steps; restlessly; in continuous motion; quickly and easily; often
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
meanwhile; in the meantime
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
looking pale; looking unwell
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
throwaway; disposable; single-use
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
to continue to do; to persist in doing
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
oilily; slimily; slipperily
to let out a cry; to break forth
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring