Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Hill"

A: It's quite a descriptive sentence. The language is figurative and it attributes some human/animal traits (scrambling, swallow) to parts of the landscape (distant hill, agriculture) that we usually wouldn't use.

Basically the picture the author is painting is that there is a faraway hill protruding (scrambling out) from a series of fields intended for crops (wilderness of agriculture).

A: You are correct. The castle is on a hill above the hotel. It is over the hotel or "overlooks" the hotel. Secluded and "off the beaten track" both mean a rarely visited or remote place.

A: Basically means drive with me. "maybe end up in the hills" is just a possibility where the night will end. Overall it just means to come drive with me, with a sexual tone.

A: Yes exactly like you're on the ground then climbing (going up) on the hill.

A: it is a way of saying "old". It only applies to people.

A: It has a military origin. It refers to historical battles where armies fought for control of unimportant land with little strategic value, like the Battle of Hamburger Hill in the US-Vietnam War. It evokes the image of many people suffering and dying for no good reason.

Stop arguing! I don't care where we go for dinner. It's not a hill I'm willing to die on. (= I'm not going to get into a big argument about it, I am not that invested in the final result)

The mayor's new tax plan was very unpopular with voters, but he was willing to die on that hill to make sure it passed. (= he did it despite the benefits being small and the drawbacks being large)

A: a hill generally has a relatively gentle slope and is not as tall as a mountain, which may have a gentle or steep slope.

a cliff has a steep drop off, or vertical to near-vertical slope

I hiked up the hill.
I need rock climbing gear to climb the cliff.

A: A hill is much smaller.

A: the second one is describing as if the chapel is no longer there. A thing of the past.

A: It is not normal to say "I run the hill". You normally cannot run a noun when you have "the" as the article.

"I run on the hill" is more normal, but since the hill goes upwards, it would be wise to change it to: I run UP the hill.

In any other circumstance, you can usually use "on": I run on the sidewalk. I run on the pavement. I run on the highway. I run on the hiking trail.

A: A hill is the whole hill. Hillside is everything but the top of the hill. can also refer to next to a hill.

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A: Hill is already in English. Hill is something like a mountain but shorter.

A: I don't see why not, since you would still easily be understood through context. Though I would suggest trying to stick to the first pronunciation, if you can.

A: Tbh I feel like you could just saw you reached the point. Or you got to your target. If you wanted to make it specific maybe use 'I cycled past my target.'

A: "Too many hills and (flights of) stairs.
I didn't have to walk in Tokyo because I always avoid walking by taking the bus, subway, and taxi.
There are plenty of convenient buses and cable cars, but you can call a taxi if you prefer."

「丘と階段が多すぎ
いつも徒歩を避けるので、東京でバスと地下鉄とタクシーを使ったことで、徒歩がやらなくてよくなった。
たくさんの便利なバスやケーブルカーがあるが、タクシーの方がいいならできるよ。」

私の下手な日本語、すみません。

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A: You will walk up and down the winding hills for a while. You might see a rare bird, such as, Raicho (snow grouse (in the bush beside the trail)). Raichos are usually *flightless*. You shouldn't get to close or feed them. Please observer them from a far, quietly.

A: the hill was too steep for you to climb

A: I climbed a hill behind my house with my family early this morning.
The view of Osaka bay and the city from just before the peak was so amazing.