difficult to ...; hard to ...
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
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
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to set (sun); to become dark
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to say everything one wants to say; to exhaust a topic
parting; separation; farewell
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
the scruff or nape of the neck
deep sleep; sound sleep; profound sleep
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
shopping; purchased goods
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
place where one works; construction site; working area
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
outside the country; abroad
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
steady; firm; solid; secure
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all