difficult to ...; hard to ...
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person; (arch.) together
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
overlooking; turning a blind eye
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
reduction by half; halving
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
to challenge (a person) to a fight
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
hostility; animosity; enmity
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
reflexively; reflectively; by reflex
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
to comfort; to console; to amuse
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow