a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
tide; current; tendency; trend
group; body; party; company; troupe; gang
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
note; memorandum; memo; memoirs; personal account
counter for books; volume
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
life; living; I; me; student
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
will (to do something); drive; motivation; enthusiasm; eagerness
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to shut one's eyes; to close one's eyes; to turn a blind eye (to); to close one's eyes (to); to die
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
largish; biggish; on the large side; slightly larger; a little larger
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
noisy; confused; uproarious
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden