hard thing

collocation in English

meaningsofhardandthing

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hard
adjective
uk
/hɑːd/us
/hɑːrd/
not easy to bend, cut, ...
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thing
noun
uk
/θɪŋ/us
/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofhardandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhard thing

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But this can be an immenselyhardthingto do, especially in prehistoric archaeology.
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I think there are people trying to tackle that but it is an awfulhardthingto tackle.
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And that's ahardthingto think.
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That is a veryhardthingfor parents who are able and would like to contribute.
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It is ahardthingto ask them to do.
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That is ahardthingto say, but it is true and it is human nature.
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I do not think this is ahardthingto ask for.
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That is ahardthingto say, and ahardthingto get people to understand.
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That might be ahardthingto prove.
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If that is so, it is an extremelyhardthing.
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It will be a veryhardthingif a wrench occurs between us.
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This is ahardthingto say, but it is not imagination.
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Frankly—it is ahardthingto say—they seem to see war through celluloid images.
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It is a veryhardthingto do.
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I know that is ahardthingto do.
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Admittedly that is a veryhardthingfor a poor man to do.
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To judge by deterrence only reduces justice to a very cruel,hardthing.
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Clearly that is a veryhardthingto do.
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That is thehardthingabout all voluntary arrangements.
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That is ahardthingto say.
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