As communism has collapsed, capitalism is now accused of trying to "dominate the world."

It is hard to keep our balance on icy streets.

It's publicly recommended to "raise obedient kids," but it's rather difficult to carry that out.

I have difficulty understanding abstract modern art, especially Mondrian.

We encounter similar difficulties when we substitute rectangles for triangles in this configuration.

Ships carry lifeboats so that the crew can escape.

His book is oriented towards children, but here and there are words that he has never seen before. He doesn't know whether it is just him, or if they are just simply difficult words, but he finds them not worth the effort to look up in a dictionary, so he just keeps on reading.

They lost their way in the mountain.

No sooner had we finished working on one tough problem than the president sent us yet another straight from the top.

I felt it was a relatively difficult jigsaw puzzle.

The boat people asked for food.

The refugees struggled against hunger.

She charged me with dishonesty.

The peace talks failed again, with both sides blaming the other for the failure.

She charged me with being irresponsible.