difficult to ...; hard to ...
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
living thing; organism; creature; biology
sting (of a bee, etc.); stinger; needle covered with poison
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
passage; path; route; one's way
ready-made goods; off-the-shelf item
slightly early; just before
way; method; means; resource; course
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
calamity; misfortune; disaster
ultramarine colour (color)
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
tartan (i.e. plaid pattern or fabric)
pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character
inner; underwear; undergarment; innerwear
imperfect product (sold at a discounted price); defect merchandise
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
half the amount (of money); half price; half fare
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
neck; bottleneck; obstruction; neckline
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
gentlemanly; gentlemanlike; in the manner of a gentleman