Vocapedia > Language > Describing actions

Difficulties, obstacles

struggle        USA

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/18/
1192684103/adirondack-polarization-compromise-development

keep N from N        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/03/01/
realestate/home-buyer-down-payment-loan-quiz.html

refugee boat > run into difficulty        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/dec/15/
one-person-dies-after-refugee-boat-in-channel-runs-into-difficulty

obstacle

hurdle

face hurdles        USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/01/04/
1222638598/gun-law-california-second-amendment-us-supreme-court-gaving-newsom

clear hurdle        USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/10/24/
1208197141/bernie-sanders-will-vote-no-
on-bidens-pick-to-lead-nih-but-nomination-may-procee

be hoddled    (passive)        USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/06/
world/middleeast/gaza-schools-damaged-destroyed.html

impede

impediment

hinder        UK

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/jan/17/
the-inside-story-of-two-trials-its-as-bad-as-ive-ever-known-it

hinder        USA

https://www.propublica.org/article/
ny-education-department-abuse-investigation-
shrub-oak-international-school - May 31, 2024

(be) hampered by N

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/25/
481765235/single-mom-s-search-for-therapist-hampered-by-insurance-companies

disrupt        USA

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/04/
1210588361/israel-palestinian-workers-construction-economy

military strategy > make a desperate situation utterly dire

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/01/
israels-military-strategy-threatens-
to-worsen-humanitarian-crisis-in-south

describing / talking about

language, actions, things,

facts, events, trends, ideas,

sounds, pictures, places,

people, personality traits, behaviour