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obstacle in English:

1. hurdle


If a runner hits a hurdle it will fall over.
face an added hurdle - a promising career can be extremely hard to pursue unless you have an inside contact
The majority of candidates fail at the first hurdle and never get the job.
Apple has faced hurdle after hurdle in getting the system adopted both in the United States and elsewhere.
A chase involves larger, rigid fences while a hurdle race is run over shorter, more flexible obstacles.
She was in the lead by the second hurdle.
Tony fell over the second hurdle and broke his leg.
there are many hurdles to overcome
That is a very high hurdle to reach
the bill may face hurdles 2. The weather will be the biggest hurdle so I have to be ready 3. She learnt to hurdle by leaping over bales of hay on her family's farm
That's because before drones can truly take flight, they'll have to surmount legal and regulatory hurdles.

English word "obstacle"(hurdle) occurs in sets:

Biznes - free trade