terrible hardship

collocation in English

meaningsofterribleandhardship

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terrible
adjective
uk
/ˈter.ə.bəl/us
/ˈter.ə.bəl/
very unpleasant or serious or of ...
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hardship
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈhɑːd.ʃɪp/us
/ˈhɑːrd.ʃɪp/
(something that causes) difficult or unpleasant conditions of life, or an example ...
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(Definition ofterribleandhardshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Prices collapse, there isterriblehardshipand indeed terrible profiteering by middlemen.
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It is, of course, aterriblehardshipif somebody reaches these shores and is then sent back again with the disappointment of all their hopes.
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It really is not such aterriblehardshipto have to keep a dog on a leash in busy streets.
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From our constituency mailbags or from the media we all know of cases ofterriblehardshipand of people who have been missed out.
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I could give case after case ofterriblehardship.
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For a small group of people the law will involveterriblehardship.
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The amount, as we are all deeply conscious, is a very small one and barely sufficient to enable the recipient to avoid veryterriblehardship.
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That should be done in the next few days if we are not to see a repeat ofterriblehardship.
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We were told when the cuts were imposed that they we-re inflictingterriblehardshipupon everybody.
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Now we are told that it is aterriblehardshipfor them to revert to being a partnership.
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I do not think that is aterriblehardship.
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It sounds easy in theory, but in practice it would produceterriblehardship.
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The couple had a small insurance, and one appreciates theterriblehardshipimposed on the poor woman who was trying to do the right thing.
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I should have liked to have helped my constituents who suffer theterriblehardshipof flooding.
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It is aterriblehardshipon the shipbuilding repairing people.
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We have here men and women who are sufferingterriblehardshipand from what cause?
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But it led toterriblehardshipand suffering.
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But, unfortunately, what happened with it was that there wasterriblehardship.
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That kind ofterriblehardshipcan to a lesser extent come with trying to amalgamate modern small farms, trying to do away with them.
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