difficult to ...; hard to ...
important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
going to and fro; back and forth
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
leak (of secrets, information, etc.); disclosure; divulging; leak (of gas, liquid, etc.); leakage; escape (of gas)
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to pledge; to vow; to promise; to have sexual intercourse (esp. between husband and wife); to share a bed
deep affection; dear; beloved
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (letters)
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
invisibility (through magic)
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
breaking off; snapping off
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
big frame; large figure; huge body
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
play; sport; fun; caprice; joke; jest
to mow; to reap; to harvest
at a moment's notice; readily
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
to apologize; to apologise
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now