difficult to ...; hard to ...
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
the way back; the way home; return trip
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); thinking ill of a person based on a misunderstanding; unjustified resentment caused by a misunderstanding; responding to kindness with resentment
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
everybody; every last one of them; all
spare time; free time; leisure time
to read the situation; to sense the mood
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
shellfish; seashell; shell
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
after school (at the end of the day)
humorous; funny; amusing; laughable; hilarious; comical
with these words; while saying
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to be transparent; to show through
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
invisible person (in science fiction, etc.)
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
sense of anticipation; feeling of expectation; feeling of hope
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to be to the point; to hit the mark; to be relevant