difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
process; course; mechanism
to speed; to tear away; to skip over (e.g. pages)
to attack; to assault; to assail
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
in the same way as; just like
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
being on duty; person on duty
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
(not so) much; (not) very
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
like this; this sort; this way
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
trio; gang of three; threesome
to be embarrassed; to lose face
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
catfight; fight between women
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
that's the way it is; such is life
to make (the effort to make) oneself look cool
essence; true nature; substance; reality
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence