difficult to ...; hard to ...
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
furnishings; implements; equipment
many; numerous; various; large number of
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
outside the country; abroad
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to live through; to survive