difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
suffix for familiar person
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
duty; obligation; responsibility
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to lend an ear to; to listen to
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
dream; dream; hope; unrealistic aspiration; daydream; delusion
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
reality; actuality; hard fact
course (of a road, moving object, etc.); way; course (of events, action, etc.); direction (e.g. an argument is heading in); reasoning; logic
interpretation; explanation; reading; construction
certain; sure; no doubt; reliable; dependable
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
underground space; subterranean space; subterranea
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)