difficult problem; challenge
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
interval; break; rift (in clouds)
metre; meter; meter; gauge
expression; presentation; representation; notation
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to push (a thing) out; to jut out (can have a negative nuance); to protrude; to rise out the trap door (on stage)
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
whichever one chooses; either way
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
imagination; supposition; guess
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
one thin flat object; one sheet
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial