to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
land route; overland route; by land; overland
river; stream; River; the ... river
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
running aground; being stranded; grounding; beaching
danger; peril; hazard; risk
cruise; navigation; sailing
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
even though; despite; when
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
process; course; mechanism
to have meaning; to be meaningful
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
purchase; buying; buying used articles as a company; trade-in; purchase on a no-return policy; lump-sum payment
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)