difficult to ...; hard to ...
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
is something wrong?; what's wrong?; what's the matter?; slightest; mere; trivial
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
somehow (or other); for some reason; without knowing why; something (or other); some ... or other
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
unripe; green; inexperienced; immature; unskilled
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to become blue; to turn green; to turn pale; to blanch (with fear)
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
thank you for your continued patronage
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
match; game; bout; contest
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
star (cinema, sports, etc.); celebrity; star symbol; asterisk; (celestial) star
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
fishing enthusiast; fishing nut