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Difficulty - Adding Complexity
Dive into English idioms that relate to adding complexity, like "muddy the waters" and "fly in the ointment".
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to prevent someone from achieving success by destroying their plans
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to give someone an opportunity to act freely with the intention of hurting them
to not easily give a person something that they need or want from one
to prevent someone from achieving what they want by creating problems for them
to ruin what someone has planned or not allow them enjoy something
to slow down a plan or activity or prevent it from going on
to do something that makes oneself overly worried or confused
to cause problems, often by ruining or interrupting something that was planned
to make an attempt to prevent something from continuing or happening
to do something, particularly something others do not expect, in order to make them feel less confident or important
to create a sense of negativity and hopelessness regarding a particular thing or situation
a person or thing that ruins an otherwise positive or enjoyable situation
to lessen or decrease the enjoyment, strength, or activity of something
to cause something to be less enjoyable as it could be
