Word meaning hard to see

hard to see — перевод на русский

It must be really hard to see your daughter like this.

Должно быть тяжело видеть свою дочь в таком состоянии.

It’s just hard to see you suffering here by yourself.

Мне тяжело видеть, что ты здесь один.

It’s kind of hard to see that, isn’t it?

Тяжело видеть такое, не правда ли?

It’s hard to see so many people in pain, you know, and not be able to… help them in some way.

Тяжело видеть стольких людей в горе, понимаете, и не иметь возможности помочь им каким-либо образом.

It’s hard to see my dad suffer with diabetes and stuff like that.

Так тяжело видеть, как мой отец страдает от диабета и сопутствующих заболеваний.

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Next to it, and very hard to see because of the bright light is a planet.

Рядом с ней находится планета, которую очень трудно увидеть из-за яркого света.

It’s just harder to see.

Но это трудно увидеть.

Sometimes it’s really hard to see the forest through the sleaze.

Иногда очень трудно увидеть лес из-за тумана.

Hard to see.

Трудно увидеть

Though i must admit it’s often hard to see an upside.

Хотя должен признать, что зачастую трудно увидеть выгоду.

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Well, I wish I could say the same, but I must say, with all due respect I find it hard to see the logic behind some of the moves you have made with this fine organization.

Хотел бы я сказать то же самое, но при всем моем уважении мне трудно понять логику, лежащую за всеми шагами что вы сделали в этой прекрасной организации.

Hard to see.

Трудно понять.

The bigger picture, the universal order of all the elements, was still hard to see.

Более полную картину универсального порядка всех элементов по-прежнему трудно понять.

Sometimes the meaning is hard to see but this time I believe it is clear.

Иногда его трудно понять, но в этот раз я полагаю его очевидным.

Hard to see how he had the money to move east, much less, support a city lifestyle.

Трудно понять, как у него денег хватило, чтобы перебраться на восток и поддерживать городской стиль жизни.

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It wasn’t hard to see that she wasn’t with us, that bitch.

Сразу было видно, что она не с нами, эта сука.

It might be hard to see, but what we should learn from this is to be true to ourselves and to resist peer pressure.

Иногда его не видно, но мы должны научиться быть с собой честными и противостоять давлению толпы.

Yo, the Spanish bitches are sitting on too many freakin’ pillows, making it hard to see and shit.

Йо, эти испанские сучки слишком много подушек себе под задницу напихали, не видно же нехрена.

Real hard to see in this thing.

В этой штуке ни черта не видно.

It was dyed, hard to see, but when I kissed her I felt the bristle. It was there.

Они были окрашены, почти не видны, но когда я поцеловал ее я почувствовал щетину.

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It’s hard to see exactly but it’s there, yeah.

Его трудно разглядеть, но… Он там, на поле. Трудно разглядеть?

Which is why you were so hard to see.

Поэтому тебя так трудно разглядеть.

It’s hard to see a face.

Трудно разглядеть лицо.

— It’s too hard to see.

— Это трудно разглядеть.

It’s hard to see boundary lines in the middle of the night.

Трудно разглядеть границу посреди ночи.

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It’s hard to see his face.

Сложно увидеть его лицо.

They’re very hard to see by conventional means, so instead we look for their heat, using infrared.

Их сложно увидеть обычными способами, поэтому мы смотрим на их тепло, используя тепловизоры.

I understand that sometimes it can be hard to see the helping hand, what with all the guns and the strange guys and the mess and what have you.

Понимаю, что временами сложно увидеть руку помощи, все эти пушки и странные люди, бардак и всё остальное.

Well, yeah, sure, it was hard to see, and the lights were out and all. I didn’t say that the lights were out. I mean, they were low…

Да, было сложно что-то увидеть и огни полностью погасли я не говорил что свет погас я имею ввиду они были тусклыми..я думаю

It’s really hard to see anything if you keep shaking it like that.

Очень сложно что-то увидеть, когда ты его так трясешь.

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It’s hard to see.

Плохо видно.

It’s too hard to see.

Плохо видно.

It’s just hard to see.

Нет. Плохо видно. Но…

It’s hard to see through the trees and the fog, but up there’s the Big Dipper.

— Тут плохо видно — туман, деревья — но вон там Большая Медведица.

Hard to see.

Плохо видно.

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It’s not like you, Knowle, coming to see me when you make me work so hard to see you.

Это не похоже на тебя, Ноул. Приходишь сам ко мне, обычно мне тебя тяжело увидеть.

It’s hard to see. Page dr. Montgomery, stat.

Это тяжело увидеть вызовите доктора Мантгомерри

It must be hard to see him after everything that’s happened.

Наверное, было тяжело увидеть его, после всего, что случилось.

I know it’s hard to see each other and be family again.

Понимаю, что тяжело увидеть семью после стольких лет!

I know it’s hard to see… but I believe, inside, he is still that small boy.

Я знаю, это тяжело увидеть… но я верю, что внутри он все еще маленький мальчик.

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(Gossip girl) sometimes it’s hard to see The lines we’ve drawn…

Иногда сложно разглядеть границы, которые мы переходим…

Hard to see, but, you know, effective.

Сложно разглядеть, но эффективно, сам знаешь.

Okay, it’s a little hard to see here, but Raquel’s friends would have easily spotted that on the big screen.

Так немного сложно разглядеть, но друзья Ракель без труда бы различили это на большом экране.

It’s hard to see the ugly truth.

Сложно разглядеть ужасную правду.

It’s hard to see.

Сложно что-то разглядеть.

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It was hard to see all that and not seek refuge in my hands.

Было трудно видеть все это и не искать убежища в моих руках.

It’s not too hard to see why.

И не трудно видеть почему.

Yeah, to be honest, it has been hard to see her with someone else.

Да, честно говоря, мне было трудно видеть ее с кем-то еще.

I know it’s hard to see someone in your family as capable of such passion.

Я знаю, трудно видеть кого-то в твоей семье, способного на такую страсть.

Hard to see your student’s shortcomings?

Трудно видеть ошибки Вашего студента?

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Предложения


It can be hard to see what you are doing wrong.


It is not hard to see why so many wastewater treatment plants are using biological alternatives in their systems.



Это не трудно понять, почему так много сточных вод с помощью биологических альтернатив в их системах.


It has narrow yellow lines on its body which are sometimes hard to see.



У него узкие желтые линии на теле, которые иногда трудно увидеть.


If you reflect on it, it’s hard to see real advantages of telling your advisor later.



Если вы размышляете над этим, это трудно увидеть реальные преимущества рассказывать своим советником позже.


It is very hard to see a way out the current crisis when such horrific abuses against protest organizers are taking place.



«Очень трудно представить себе выход из текущего кризиса, когда имеют место столь ужасающее акты насилия против организаторов протеста.


It is hard to see any Polish government pursuing a different policy.



Трудно представить, чтобы польское правительство проводило другую политику.


Outside of fishing, though, it is hard to see why marine mammals would ever get the bends.



Однако, помимо промысла, трудно понять, почему морские млекопитающие когда-либо получат изгибы.


But it can also be hard to see what, exactly, is leading to this insatiable hunger.



Но также может быть трудно понять, что именно ведет к этому ненасытному голоду.


It is very hard to see any danger signs with him as he will push or hit her out of the blue.



Очень трудно увидеть с ним какие-либо знаки опасности, поскольку он будет толкать или ударять ее из-под синего.


Second, in some cases the lane markings were hard to see or confusing.



Во-вторых, в некоторых случаях маркировка дорожек была трудно увидеть или запутать.


It’s hard to see the gardens when you are locked in jail.


It is hard to see how anyone could ever consider that personal debt could or even should replace social safety nets.



Трудно понять, как кто-либо мог подумать, что личный долг может или даже должен заменить системы социальной защиты.


It can also be hard to see professional or reputation matters clearly.



Также может быть трудно понять профессионализм или репутацию.


Certainly in times of trouble and unhappiness, it can be hard to see through the fog to find something to be grateful for.



Конечно, во времена неприятностей и несчастий, может быть трудно увидеть сквозь туман, чтобы найти что-то благодарное.


Maybe a foreign observer can better describe what is hard to see for the Dutch themselves.



Возможно, иностранный наблюдатель может лучше описать то, что трудно увидеть самим голландцам.


Foreign policy experts say it’s hard to see what the Australian government could do to get things back on track.



Эксперты по внешней политике говорят, что это трудно понять, что австралийское правительство может сделать, чтобы получить вещи обратно на трек.


It is hard to see how a partnership with China could be balanced and reciprocal.



Трудно представить, как партнёрство с Китаем может оказаться сбалансированным и обоюдным.


It is hard to see how the Eurozone’s banks will survive it.


In hindsight, it’s hard to see how Audi could fail.



Оглядываясь назад, трудно понять, как Audi может потерпеть неудачу.


It is hard to see how even Rouhani’s most modest policy ambitions can be implemented.



Трудно представить себе, как могут быть реализованы даже самые скромные политические амбиции Рухани.

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It’s lighter and hard to see, but it’s definitely there.

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Its hard to see why MS has not contacted you

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Его трудно понять, почему MS не связался с вами, чтобы увидеть об использовании этого.

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It was hard to see all that and not seek refuge in my hands.

Play with your classmate and cast yourselves the ball hard to see who falls.

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Играйте с одноклассником и бросили сами мяч трудно понять, кто падает.

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Темная область пространства имеет ограниченные источники света,

It is very hard to see any human nature in the guards here anymore.

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Mustard jelly is translucent, and very hard to see until it attacks.

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Горчичное желе прозрачно, и его очень трудно увидеть, пока оно не нападет.

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So hard to see someone else have something you want and can’t have.

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Так тяжело видеть, что у кого-то есть то, чего ты не можешь иметь.

Yeah,

to

be honest, it has been hard to see her with someone else.

These documents may also reveal inconsistencies that are otherwise hard to see.

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Эти документы могут вскрыть несоответствия, которые иначе было бы трудно заметить.

It must be hard to see him after everything that’s happened.

Not hard to see that such a popular game features a huge variety of genres.

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Не сложно догадаться, что такую популярную игру отличает огромное жанровое разнообразие.

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It’s getting hard to see this as anything other than a suicide. Not much of a suicide note.

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Survey Guidelines

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Estimate Forced Labor of Adults and Children, ILO, 2012 7.

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Руководящие принципы для оценки принудительного труда взрослых и детей, МОТ, 2012.

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Трудно понять, как у него денег хватило, чтобы перебраться на

восток и поддерживать городской стиль жизни.

When we look at the effects of HGH,

it won’t be too hard to see how it can greatly improve the effects of aging.

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Когда мы посмотрим влияния ХГХ, не будет слишком трудно увидеть как оно может значительно улучшить влияния вызревания.

It will certainly not be so hard to see how the item will certainly deal with you with some exercises,

nutrition, in order

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health and fitness program.

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Это не будет так трудно понять, как продукт будет, безусловно, работать с вами с некоторыми

упражнениями, питание, а также фитнес- программы.

May be a bit hard to see the clock if it’s too dark,

but it is being offset by the nice price.

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Может быть, немного сложно увидеть часы, если слишком темно, но это компенсируется хорошей ценой.

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When our focus is on the fallen world around us it is often hard to see God’s Word at work.

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Когда наше внимание сосредоточено на падшем мире вокруг нас часто бывает трудно понять Слово Божье на работе.

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If the picture is fuzzy and hard to see things solely because of defects in the work of the artist,

it is unlikely anyone will be a game more than once.

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Если рисунок нечеткий, и предметы сложно увидеть исключительно из-за недостатков работы художника, вряд ли

такую игру кто-то пройдет больше одного раза.

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But you move the Nintendo 3DS system when you use the gyro sensor,

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Но когда пользуешься гироскопом, перемещаешь консоль,

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It was hard to see at first, until I looked into their windpipes and found this.

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Предложения с «hard to see»

And what makes it really hard to see this paradox and even wrap our brains around it is that we have this thing that I call the quantification bias, which is the unconscious belief of valuing the measurable over the immeasurable.

Увидеть этот парадокс и тем более уложить его в голове сложнее оттого, что в нас есть такая штука, которую я называю «креном к подсчёту количества», когда всё измеряемое подсознательно ценится больше, чем неизмеряемое.

But here’s something else unfortunate: clouds are really hard to see.

Но, к сожалению, здесь есть кое — что ещё: облака очень сложно увидеть.

They don’t use the same infrastructure, and so it becomes really hard to see transparently a product evolve over time.

Они не пользуются единой инфраструктурой, и становится сложно отчётливо проследить процесс создания продукта.

The color blended with the rock and the weather and made it hard to see.

Цвет машины сливался со скалами и пасмурной погодой, и поэтому я заметил ее не сразу.

Everything was protected by a mirrorlike coating that made the object quite hard to see.

Все было защищено напоминающим зеркало покрытием, что делало предмет трудно различимым.

It was so dark that Azzie’s eyes began to ache from trying too hard to see something.

Было так темно, что от постоянных попыток хоть что — то разглядеть у Аззи скоро заболели глаза.

Because of the thick fog, the street was hard to see.

Из — за густого тумана было сложно видеть дорогу.

Bilcoe, okay so — I bet it’s hard to see — anything from that high horse…

Спорю, что ничерта не видно за этой кобылой…

It was hard to see how that could be reconciled with the Convention.

Трудно понять, как это соотносится с Конвенцией.

The trouble is that it’s hard to see how such a forager would ever switch to farming.

Трудно представить, как такие собиратели вообще могли перейти к сельскому хозяйству.

And if countries cannot manage deep structural reform after a crisis, it is hard to see how it will happen.

Если государства не способны провести глубокие структурные реформы после кризиса, тогда трудно предположить, когда это вообще может произойти.

It is not hard to see why conflict between China and Japan was inevitable in the late 1930s.

Нетрудно объяснить, почему в конце 1930 — х годов конфликт между Китаем и Японией был неизбежен.

It’s hard to see Putin losing in the election – 315 of 450 seats in the Duma are held by the conservative United Russia party which supports Putin and Medvedev.

Путин вряд ли проиграет выборы – 315 из 450 мест в Думе занимают представители консервативной партии «Единая Россия», которая поддерживает Путина и Медведева.

Whether or not the latest ceasefire between Ukraine and the separatists holds, it is hard to see the evolution of this conflict as anything other than a victory for Vladimir Putin.

Продержится или нет перемирие между Украиной и сепаратистами, но уже сейчас совершенно ясно, что в ходе этого конфликта Владимир Путин одержал победу.

It is hard to see how Eurasianism, alignment with the Russian economy or the Putin’s personal fortunes could form the basis for shared objectives with Ukraine.

Трудно себе представить, каким образом евразийство Путина, его желание укрепить российскую экономику или стремление к богатству и власти могут стать основой для общих целей Украины и России.

If the implicit threat is that the core won’t care if they stay in the EU or leave it, it’s hard to see that as very credible.

Если скрытая угроза здесь заключается в том, что ядро не станет переживать о том, останутся эти страны в Евросоюзе или покинут его, довольно трудно считать ее заслуживающей доверия.

It is hard to see how this type of theory either explains today’s economic turbulence, or offers sound instruction about how to deal with it.

Трудно проследить за тем, как эта теория объясняет сегодняшние экономические потрясения, или предлагает способ по их преодолению.

Even if you have an LCD, it’s going to hard to see it underwater, and composing your shot will be a hit-or-miss process.

Даже если у вас есть ЖКД, его будет трудно разглядеть под водой, и компоновка кадра будет случайным процессом.

One of the worrying features of the 9/11 attacks is that it is hard to see their purpose beyond the perpetrators’ resentment of the West and its ways.

Одна из вызывающих тревогу особенностей терактов 11 — го сентября заключается в том, что в них сложно найти какую — либо цель помимо ненависти террористов к Западу и его действиям.

There may be “a slight increase” in terrorist attacks, he said, “but it’s hard to see that this would trigger a tidal wave of anti-Russian reaction.”

По его словам, возможно «незначительное увеличение» количества терактов, «но трудно сказать, что это вызовет мощную волну антироссийских ответных действий».

For this reason, it is very hard to see Erdogan reversing his authoritarian rule.

По этой же причине трудно ожидать, что Эрдоган откажется от авторитарного стиля.

There is an old saying: “It’s hard to see the forest for the trees.”

Как гласит старая пословица, «не виден лес из — за деревьев».

“If Moscow becomes more active on the Korean Peninsula it is hard to see how that advances our interests,” Cardin said.

«Трудно понять, каким образом активизация Москвы на Корейском полуострове способствует ее интересам, — сказал Кардин.

It’s hard to see other IOCs taking the plunger otherwise (irrespective of the terms involved).

Иначе вряд ли международные нефтяные компании согласятся сотрудничать, независимо от предложенных условий.

And, at this point, it is hard to see how that can be achieved.

И на данный момент трудно понять, как этого достичь.

It is hard to see military power playing much of a role in dealing with most such problems.

Трудно представить, что вооруженные силы действительно могут помочь в решении большинства вышеозначенных проблем.

But it is hard to see such benefits to the massive misallocation of resources to housing.

Однако трудно заметить такую выгоду в массовом нерациональном использовании ресурсов в жилищном строительстве.

However, it was hard to see the outlines of that agreement even now.

Тем не менее, до сих пор трудно было увидеть очертания этого соглашения.

Sometimes it can be hard to see the big picture when you have raw data that hasn’t been summarized, like the example below.

Увидеть полную картину непросто, если данные не были обобщены, как в примере ниже.

Recumbent bikes have many good qualities, but they’re sometimes hard to see from up high.

У лежачих велосипедов много преимуществ, но иногда их трудно заметить сверху.

It is. I know it’s hard to see a young buck like me and think of a day when I’m no longer in the pink.

Я знаю, это тяжело видеть, что молодой щёголь вроде меня думает о дне, когда уже не будет так здоров.

It’s hard to see a child look that dejected.

Тяжело видеть такого грустного ребёнка.

They’re very hard to see by conventional means, so instead we look for their heat, using infrared.

Их сложно увидеть обычными способами, поэтому мы смотрим на их тепло, используя тепловизоры.

It’s hard to see my dad suffer with diabetes and stuff like that.

Так тяжело видеть, как мой отец страдает от диабета и сопутствующих заболеваний.

Hard to see why you, a restorer by trade, would recreate the gouges in the canvas.

Странно было бы, если бы вы, реставратор по профессии, стали бы восстанавливать выемки на полотне.

Your words surround you like fog and make you hard to see.

Твои слова окутывают тебя туманом и мешают тебя разглядеть.

I’m sure it’s hard to see right now, but you just helped safeguard your country’s future.

Я уверен, что это трудно понять, прямо сейчас, но вы просто помогли защитить будущее вашей страны.

Hard to see your student’s shortcomings?

Трудно видеть ошибки Вашего студента?

Hard to see him having the physical capability of murdering anyone.

Сложно представить, что у него есть силы, чтобы кого — то убить.

It could have obscured the smoke, making it hard to see.

Он мог скрыть дым так, что его вообще не было видно.

That is nasty, it is hard to see them; they are very good at patrolling, too.

Это неприятно: в темноте их плохо видно, а кроме того, они очень искусные разведчики.

I know it’s hard to see past his short temper and proclamations of revenge but…

Знаю, из — за его вспыльчивости и жажды мести это не то, чтобы заметно, но…

It’s a little hard to see with the city lights, but that W-shaped constellation is Cassiopeia.

Трудновато разглядеть из — за огней города, но созвездие в форме W — это Кассиопея.

I think, sir, it is not hard to see, George said, with a self-satisfied grin.

Мне кажется, сэр, это нетрудно заметить, — сказал Джордж с самодовольной усмешкой.

But if the other three quarters were Bigfoot, they wouldn’t be hard to see. They’d be walking up and down the street.

Но будь эти 3/4 видами йети, мы бы увидели, как те гуляют по улицам.

Expect me to be as hard to see as Simon Jester!

Меня будет увидеть не легче, чем Саймона Джестера.

It’s hard to see through the trees and the fog, but up there’s the Big Dipper.

Тут плохо видно — туман, деревья — но вон там Большая Медведица.

»The ocean is very big and a skiff is small and hard to see,» the old man said.

Океан велик, а лодка совсем маленькая, ее и не заметишь, — сказал старик.

You mean did I find it hard to see Mary come alive again?

Вы хотели спросить, было ли мне тяжело смотреть, как Мэри возвращается к жизни?

(Gossip girl) sometimes it’s hard to see The lines we’ve drawn…

Иногда сложно разглядеть границы, которые мы переходим…

It’s really hard to see so many teenagers. Suffering from psychological trauma.

Сложно видеть так много подростков с психическими травмами.

It’s hard to see boundary lines in the middle of the night.

Трудно разглядеть границу посреди ночи.

On the face of it, it’s hard to see how it ever caught on.

Глядя на него, сложно сказать как это вообще возможно

And in this rain it’s hard to see anything.

В такой дождь вообще трудно что — нибудь разглядеть.

It’s hard to see inside the head of the brave.

Храброму в душу не заглянешь.

It was hard to see her favorite child quieting in Rhett’s arms when she had screamed so pitifully in her own.

Ей было тяжело видеть, как любимое дитя тотчас успокоилось на руках у Ретта, тогда как у нее на руках девочка кричала не умолкая.

So hard to see someone else have something you want and can’t have.

Так тяжело видеть, что у кого — то есть то, чего ты не можешь иметь.

B., I know it’s hard to see Chuck with someone else.

Б, я знаю, тяжело видеть Чака с другой.

It was hard to see why you hung out together.

Тяжело было видеть как вы проводите вместе время.

It… it’s hard to see, sometimes.

Иногда тяжело это видеть.

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WordReference Random House Learner’s Dictionary of American English © 2023

hard /hɑrd/USA pronunciation  
adj. andadv., -er, -est. 
adj.

  1. not soft;
    solid and firm to the touch:The rock felt hard in his fist.
  2. firmly formed;
    tight:a hard knot.
  3. difficult to do or accomplish;
    troublesome:a hard task.[It + be + ~ + to + verb]It was hard to do that task.[be + ~ + to + verb]You are hard to please.
  4. involving a great deal of effort or energy:hard labor.
  5. performing or carrying on work with great effort or energy:a hard worker.
  6. violent in force;
    severe:took a hard fall.
  7. unfortunate:hard luck.
  8. harsh;
    rough;
    cruel:hard treatment; a hard taskmaster.[be + ~ + on + object]Don’t be so hard on your kids.
  9. severe;
    austere:a hard winter.
  10. difficult to explain away:[before a noun]hard facts.
  11. factual or definitely true:[before a noun]hard information.
  12. resentful;
    bitter:[before a noun]hard feelings.
  13. examining closely;
    searching:[before a noun]took a hard look at our finances.
  14. lacking delicacy or softness;
    sharp:a face with hard features.
  15. severe or demanding in terms:[before a noun]a hard bargain.
  16. Chemistry(of water) containing mineral salts that interfere with the action of soap.
  17. Economics[usually: before a noun] in coins or paper money as distinguished from checks, etc.:hard cash.
  18. Business(of paper money) backed by gold reserves:hard currency.
  19. Wine(of alcoholic beverages)
    • containing more than 22.5 percent alcohol by volume.

  20. Drugs[before a noun] (of an illegal narcotic or drug) causing physical addiction.
  21. Phonetics(of the letters c and g) pronounced as (k) in come and (g) in go.

adv.

  1. with great exertion:to work hard.
  2. intently or critically:to look hard at a decision.
  3. harshly or severely:workers were hit hard by the recession.
  4. so as to be solid, tight, or firm:The ice was frozen hard.
  5. in a deeply emotional manner:He took the news very hard.

Idioms

  1. Idioms hard by, near;
    in close proximity to.
  2. Idioms hard put, [be + ~] barely able:We are hard put to pay the rent.

hard•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2023

hard 
(härd),USA pronunciation adj., -er, -est, adv., -er, -est, n. 
adj.

  1. not soft;
    solid and firm to the touch;
    unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
  2. firmly formed;
    tight:a hard knot.
  3. difficult to do or accomplish;
    fatiguing;
    troublesome:a hard task.
  4. difficult or troublesome with respect to an action, situation, person, etc.:hard to please; a hard time.
  5. difficult to deal with, manage, control, overcome, or understand:a hard problem.
  6. involving a great deal of effort, energy, or persistence:hard labor; hard study.
  7. performing or carrying on work with great effort, energy, or persistence:a hard worker.
  8. vigorous or violent in force;
    severe:a hard rain; a hard fall.
  9. bad;
    unendurable;
    unbearable:hard luck.
  10. oppressive;
    harsh;
    rough:hard treatment.
  11. austere;
    severe:a hard winter; the hard times of the Great Depression.
  12. harsh or severe in dealing with others:a hard master.
  13. difficult to explain away;
    undeniable:hard facts.
  14. that can be verified;
    factual, as distinguished from speculation or hearsay:hard information.
  15. harsh or unfriendly;
    resentful;
    severe;
    bitter:hard feelings; hard words.
  16. of stern judgment or close examination;
    searching:a hard look.
  17. lacking delicacy or softness;
    not blurred or diffused;
    clear and distinct;
    sharp;
    harsh:a hard line; hard features;a hard face.
  18. Photography(of a photograph) contrasty.
  19. severe or rigorous in terms:a hard bargain.
  20. sternly realistic;
    dispassionate;
    unsentimental:a hard, practical man; a hard view of life.
  21. incorrigible;
    disreputable;
    tough:a hard character.
  22. [Scot. and North Eng.]niggardly;
    stingy.
  23. Economicsin coins or paper money as distinguished from checks, securities, promissory notes, or other negotiable instruments).
  24. Economics, Business(of paper money or a monetary system) supported by sufficient gold reserves and easily convertible into the currency of a foreign nation.
  25. Banking(of money) scarce or available at high interest rates:a hard loan.
  26. Businessdenoting assets with intrinsic value, as gold, silver, or diamonds.
  27. (of alcoholic beverages)
    • containing more than 22.5 percent alcohol by volume, as whiskey and brandy as opposed to beer and wine.
    • strong because of fermentation;
      intoxicating:hard cider.

  28. Wine(of wine) tasting excessively of tannin.
  29. Drugs(of an illicit narcotic or drug) known to be physically addictive, as opium, morphine, or cocaine.
  30. Chemistry(of water) containing mineral salts that interfere with the action of soap.
  31. (of bread and baked goods)
    • having a firm, crisp crust or texture:hard rolls.
    • stale or tough.

  32. Textiles(of a fabric) having relatively little nap;
    smooth:Silk is a harder fabric than wool or cotton.
  33. Rocketry(of the landing of a rocket or space vehicle) executed without decelerating:a hard landing on the moon.Cf. soft (def. 28).
  34. (of a missile base) equipped to launch missiles from underground silos.
  35. (of a missile) capable of being launched from an underground silo.
  36. [Mil.]being underground and strongly protected from nuclear bombardment.
  37. Agriculturenoting wheats with high gluten content, milled for a bread flour as contrasted with pastry flour.
  38. Phonetics
    • fortis.
    • (of c and g) pronounced as (k) in come and (g) in go, rather than as in cent, cello, suspicion, gem, or beige.
    • (of consonants in Slavic languages) not palatalized. Cf. soft (def. 26).

  39. Textiles(in the making of rope) noting a lay having a considerable angle to the axis of the rope;
    short.
  40. Physics(of a beam of particles or photons) having relatively high energy:hard x-rays.Cf. soft (def. 29).
  41. Physiology(of the penis) erect.
  42. hard of hearing. See hearing-impaired. 
  43. hard up, [Informal.]
    • urgently in need of money.
    • feeling a lack or need:The country is hard up for technicians and doctors.

adv.

  1. with great exertion;
    with vigor or violence;
    strenuously:to work hard; to try hard.
  2. earnestly, intently, or critically:to look hard at a thing.
  3. harshly or severely.
  4. so as to be solid, tight, or firm:frozen hard.
  5. with strong force or impact:She tripped and came down hard on her back.
  6. in a deeply affected manner;
    with genuine sorrow or remorse:She took it very hard when they told her of his death.
  7. closely;
    immediately:Failure and defeat seemed hard at hand. The decision to ban students from the concerts followed hard on the heels of the riot.
  8. to an unreasonable or extreme degree;
    excessively;
    immoderately:He’s hitting the bottle pretty hard.
  9. Nautical, Naval Termsclosely, fully, or to the extreme limit:hard aport; hard alee.
  10. be hard on, to deal harshly with;
    be stern:You are being too hard on him.
  11. hard by, in close proximity to;
    near:The house is hard by the river.
  12. hard put, in great perplexity or difficulty;
    at a loss:We were hard put to finish the examination in one hour.

n.

  1. Nautical, Naval Termsa firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
  2. [Brit.]
    • a firm or solid beach or foreshore.
    • a firm landing, jetty, or road across or adjoining the foreshore.

  3. [Brit. Slang.]See hard labor. 
  • bef. 900; Middle English; Old English heard; cognate with Dutch hard, German hart, Old Norse harthr, Gothic hardus; akin to Greek kratýs strong, Ionic dialect, dialectal kártos strength (compare —cracy)

    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inflexible, rigid, compressed, compact, dense, resisting, adamantine, flinty. See firm 1.
    • 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged toilsome, burdensome, wearisome, exhausting.
      Hard, difficult both describe something resistant to one’s efforts or one’s endurance.
      Hard is the general word:hard times; It was hard to endure the severe weather.Difficult means not easy, and particularly denotes that which requires special effort or skill:a difficult task.
    • 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged complex, complicated, perplexing, puzzling, intricate, knotty, tough.
    • 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged arduous, onerous, laborious.
    • 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stormy, tempestuous.
    • 10.See corresponding entry in Unabridged severe, rigorous, grinding, cruel, merciless, unsparing.
    • 12.See corresponding entry in Unabridged stern, austere, strict, exacting, relentless, obdurate, adamant; unyielding, unpitying.
      Hard, callous, unfeeling, unsympathetic imply a lack of interest in, feeling for, or sympathy with others.
      Hard implies insensibility, either natural or acquired, so that the plight of others makes no impression on one:a hard taskmaster.Callous may mean the same or that one is himself or herself insensitive to hurt as the result of continued repression and indifference:a callous answer; callous to criticism.Unfeeling implies natural inability to feel with and for others:an unfeeling and thoughtless remark.Unsympathetic implies an indifference that precludes pity, compassion, or the like:unsympathetic toward distress.
    • 13.See corresponding entry in Unabridged incontrovertible.


    • 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged soft.
    • 3 –6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged easy.


Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

hard /hɑːd/ adj

  1. firm or rigid; not easily dented, crushed, or pierced
  2. toughened by or as if by physical labour; not soft or smooth: hard hands
  3. difficult to do or accomplish; arduous: a hard task
  4. difficult to understand or perceive: a hard question
  5. showing or requiring considerable physical or mental energy, effort, or application: hard work, a hard drinker
  6. exacting; demanding: a hard master
  7. harsh; cruel: a hard fate
  8. inflicting pain, sorrow, distress, or hardship: hard times
  9. tough or adamant: a hard man
  10. forceful or violent: a hard knock
  11. cool or uncompromising: we took a long hard look at our profit factor
  12. indisputable; real: hard facts
  13. (of water) impairing the formation of a lather by soap
  14. practical, shrewd, or calculating: he is a hard man in business
  15. too harsh to be pleasant: hard light
  16. (of currency) in strong demand, esp as a result of a good balance of payments situation
  17. (of credit) difficult to obtain; tight
  18. (of alcoholic drink) being a spirit rather than a wine, beer, etc
  19. (of a drug such as heroin, morphine, or cocaine) highly addictive
  20. (of radiation, such as gamma rays and X-rays) having high energy and the ability to penetrate solids
  21. chiefly US (of goods) durable
  22. short for hard-core
  23. (not in modern technical usage) denoting the consonants c and g in English when they are pronounced as velar stops (k, g)
  24. being heavily fortified and protected
  25. (of nuclear missiles) located underground in massively reinforced silos
  26. politically extreme: the hard left
  27. Brit NZ informal incorrigible or disreputable (esp in the phrase a hard case)
  28. a hard nut to cracka person not easily persuaded or won over
  29. a thing not easily understood
  30. hard bynear; close by
  31. hard upinformal in need of money; poor
  32. (followed by for) in great need (of): hard up for suggestions

adv

  1. with great energy, force, or vigour: the team always played hard
  2. as far as possible; all the way: hard left
  3. with application; earnestly or intently: she thought hard about the formula
  4. with great intensity, force, or violence: his son’s death hit him hard
  5. followed by on, upon, by, or after: close; near: hard on his heels
  6. (followed by at) assiduously; devotedly
  7. with effort or difficulty: their victory was hard won
  8. (in combination): hard-earned
  9. slowly and reluctantly: prejudice dies hard
  10. go hard withto cause pain or difficulty to (someone)
  11. hard put, hard put to itscarcely having the capacity (to do something)

n

  1. Brit a roadway across a foreshore
  2. slang hard labour
  3. slang an erection of the penis (esp in the phrase get or have a hard on)

Etymology: Old English heard; related to Old Norse harthr, Old Frisian herd, Old High German herti, Gothic hardus hard, Greek kratus strong

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Примеры из текстов

It’s hard to see what the attraction is.

Сложно понять, в чем его привлекательность.

Gregory, Daryl / Second Person, Present TenseГрегори, Дэрил / Второе лицо, настоящее время

Второе лицо, настоящее время

Грегори, Дэрил

© 2006 by Gardner Dozois

© Н. Киктенко, перевод, 2008

© ООО «Фантастика», 2008

Second Person, Present Tense

Gregory, Daryl

© 2006 by Gardner Dozois

© 2005 by Dell Magazines

Rosalie is no great bargain, but it’s always hard to see your own daughter throw herself away on a pauper.’

Розали не бог весть что; но все‑таки тяжело выдавать дочь за нищего.

Zola, Emile / Abbe Mouret’s TransgressionЗоля, Эмиль / Проступок аббата Муре

Проступок аббата Муре

Золя, Эмиль

Abbe Mouret’s Transgression

Zola, Emile

This part might be a little hard to see, because it was dark. I’ll lighten the image as much as I can for you.’

Это сложно будет увидеть — было темно, я постараюсь высветить насколько можно.

Eddings, David / The Ruby KnightЭддингс, Дэвид / Рубиновый рыцарь

Рубиновый рыцарь

Эддингс, Дэвид

The Ruby Knight

Eddings, David

Despite being photographically spectacular, the Helix is hard to see visually as its light is thinly spread over a large area of sky.

Несмотря на то, что на фотографии туманность выглядит довольно впечатляющей, Helix достаточно сложно увидеть визуально, поскольку идущий от неё свет слегка рассеян по широкому участку звездного неба.

© 1999–2011, Universe Today

© European Space Agency

It was hard to see out there, but from what he could make of the vegetation, it looked similar, but not quite right.

Трудно было понять, вроде бы растительность по сторонам дороги похожа на них, но все‑таки не совсем.

DeChancie, John / Castle KidnappedДе Ченси, Джон / Замок похищенный

Замок похищенный

Де Ченси, Джон

Castle Kidnapped

DeChancie, John

An adult woman striking a helpless cripple, that was hard enough to see; but Mother striking Miro, the one who had been their strength and salvation all through their childhood, that could not be endured.

Взрослая женщина, бьющая беззащитного калеку, это уже достаточно ужасно; но мама, бьющая Миро, который все их детство был защитником и спасителем… этого выдержать невозможно.

Card, Orson Scott / XenocideКард, Орсон Скот / Ксеноцид

Ксеноцид

Кард, Орсон Скот

© copyright 1991 by Orson Scott Card

© Copyright перевод с английского Владимир Марченко

© ООО «Издательство АСТ», 2000

Xenocide

Card, Orson Scott

© copyright 1991 by Orson Scott Card

The direction circling around the thickness of the hose is short, «curled up,» and harder to see.

Направление, опоясывающее шланг, является коротким, «свернутым» и трудноразличимым.

Greene, Brian / The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate TheoryГрин, Брайан / Элегантная Вселенная. Суперструны, скрытые размерности и поиски окончательной теории

Элегантная Вселенная. Суперструны, скрытые размерности и поиски окончательной теории

Грин, Брайан

© 1999 by Brian R.Greene

© Перевод на русский язык: Едиториал УРСС, 2004

The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory

Greene, Brian

© 1999, 2003 by Brian R. Greene

No matter how hard I tried to see the cars zooming beside me, the shuttles gliding in toward the port, the few, fine clouds drifting overhead, I couldn’t pull completely free of her dreams.

Как я ни старалась сосредоточиться на проносящихся мимо машинах, на лайнерах, скользящих к аэропорту, на тонкой дымке облаков, гонимых ветром, грезы Мелани не отпускали меня.

Meyer, Stephenie / The HostМайер, Стефани / Гостья

Гостья

Майер, Стефани

© Н. Балашова, 2010

© Издание на русском языке AST Publishers

© Stephenie Meyer, 2008

The Host

Meyer, Stephenie

© 2008 by Stephenie Meyer

Your most frequent review will probably be of your daily calendar, and your daily tickler folder if you’re maintaining one, to see the «hard landscape» and assess what has to get done.

Вероятно, чаще всего вы будете просматривать ежедневник и обобщенную памятную книжку — картотеку (если вы ее завели), чтобы разглядеть «неровности рельефа» и подумать, что нужно сделать.

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Как привести дела в порядок

Аллен, Дэвид,Далхаймер, Маттиас Калле

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hard adjective
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hard adjective
(WATER)

hard adjective
(CLEAR)

hard adjective
(WEATHER)

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hard adverb
(WEATHER)

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(Definition of hard from the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

hard | American Dictionary

hard adjective [-er/-est only]
(SOLID)

hard adjective [-er/-est only]
(DIFFICULT)

She always does things the hard way (= makes things more difficult to do).

hard adjective [-er/-est only]
(USING EFFORT)

hard adjective [-er/-est only]
(SEVERE)

She’s had a hard life.

Don’t be too hard on her – she’s just learning the job.

hard adjective [-er/-est only]
(DRUG)

hard adjective [-er/-est only]
(BASED ON FACTS)

Idioms

hard adverb [-er/-est only]
(WITH EFFORT)

hard adverb [-er/-est only]
(SEVERELY)


(Definition of hard from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of hard

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While purely indefinite examples are hard to come by, verbal gerunds do participate in the ambiguity patterns also found for bare nominal gerunds.


However, it is hard to push the analysis of the random process to the very end using differential equations.


Enthusiasm, however, can be ‘overdone’, as one respondent told me who, with his friends, used to laugh at the teacher who was ‘trying too hard‘!


He was as gifted in telling people what they wanted to hear as most hard-up humanists of his day.


That experience taught me that life’s zero-sum nature imposes the hard responsibility of using limited time and energy wisely.


The impact of all this propaganda on her students is hard to gauge.


His work is a chore to be suffered and is hard to come to terms with.


Individual video images were subsequently transferred on to the hard disk of the host computer.


Stereotypes lacking even a kernel of truth are hard to sustain and unlikely to spread.


The twentieth century was hard on faith in classical objectivity, and in several domains at once.


One thing is that it is harder to compartmentalize and be useful.


It is hard to imagine that visual selection for disease resistance and agronomic type would not take place.


Unfortunately, some examples are unglossed or otherwise hard to interpret, and the argumentation is sometimes less than totally clear.


Thus, remarriage risk might be negatively correlated with hard times, marked by a rise in grain prices.


Our goals were to determine if producers could identify and then rank growth traits that determined yield potential of hard red spring wheat.

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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adjective, hard·er, hard·est.

not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.

firmly formed; tight: a hard knot.

difficult to do or accomplish; fatiguing; troublesome: a hard task.

difficult or troublesome with respect to an action, situation, person, etc.: hard to please; a hard time.

difficult to deal with, manage, control, overcome, or understand: a hard problem.

involving a great deal of effort, energy, or persistence: hard labor; hard study.

performing or carrying on work with great effort, energy, or persistence: a hard worker.

vigorous or violent in force; severe: a hard rain; a hard fall.

bad; unendurable; unbearable: hard luck.

oppressive; harsh; rough: hard treatment.

austere; severe: a hard winter; the hard times of the Great Depression.

harsh or severe in dealing with others: a hard master.

difficult to explain away; undeniable: hard facts.

that can be verified; factual, as distinguished from speculation or hearsay: hard information.

harsh or unfriendly; resentful; severe; bitter: hard feelings; hard words.

of stern judgment or close examination; searching: a hard look.

lacking delicacy or softness; not blurred or diffused; clear and distinct; sharp; harsh: a hard line; a hard, bright light; hard features; a hard face.

(of a photograph) contrasty.

severe or rigorous in terms: a hard bargain.

sternly realistic; dispassionate; unsentimental: a hard, practical man; a hard view of life.

incorrigible; disreputable; tough: a hard character.

Scot. and North England. stingy; mean: hard with money.

in coins or paper money as distinguished from checks, securities, promissory notes, or other negotiable instruments).

(of paper money or a monetary system) supported by sufficient gold reserves and easily convertible into the currency of a foreign nation.

(of money) scarce or available at high interest rates: a hard loan.

denoting assets with intrinsic value, as gold, silver, or diamonds.

(of alcoholic beverages)

  1. containing more than 22.5 percent alcohol by volume, as whiskey and brandy as opposed to beer and wine.
  2. strong because of fermentation; intoxicating: hard cider.

(of wine) tasting excessively of tannin.

(of an illicit narcotic or drug) known to be physically addictive, as opium, morphine, or cocaine.

(of water) containing mineral salts that interfere with the action of soap.

(of bread and baked goods)

  1. having a firm, crisp crust or texture: hard rolls.
  2. stale or tough.

(of a fabric) having relatively little nap; smooth: Silk is a harder fabric than wool or cotton.

(of the landing of a rocket or space vehicle) executed without decelerating: a hard landing on the moon.Compare soft (def. 28).

(of a missile base) equipped to launch missiles from underground silos.

(of a missile) capable of being launched from an underground silo.

Military. being underground and strongly protected from nuclear bombardment.

Agriculture. noting wheats with high gluten content, milled for a bread flour as contrasted with pastry flour.

Phonetics.

  1. fortis.
  2. (of c and g) pronounced as (k) in come and (g) in go, rather than as in cent, cello, suspicion, gem, or beige.
  3. (of consonants in Slavic languages) not palatalized.Compare soft (def. 26).

(in the making of rope) noting a lay having a considerable angle to the axis of the rope; short.

Physics. (of a beam of particles or photons) having relatively high energy: hard x-rays.Compare soft (def. 29).

(of the penis) erect.

adverb, hard·er, hard·est.

with great exertion; with vigor or violence; strenuously: to work hard; to try hard.

earnestly, intently, or critically: to look hard at a thing.

harshly or severely.

so as to be solid, tight, or firm: frozen hard.

with strong force or impact: She tripped and came down hard on her back.

in a deeply affected manner; with genuine sorrow or remorse:She took it very hard when they told her of his death.

closely; immediately: Failure and defeat seemed hard at hand. The decision to ban students from the concerts followed hard on the heels of the riot.

to an unreasonable or extreme degree; excessively; immoderately: He’s hitting the bottle pretty hard.

Nautical. closely, fully, or to the extreme limit: hard aport; hard alee.

noun

Nautical. a firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.

British.

  1. a firm or solid beach or foreshore.
  2. a firm landing, jetty, or road across or adjoining the foreshore.

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Idioms about hard

    be hard on, to deal harshly with; be stern: You are being too hard on him.

    hard by, in close proximity to; near: The house is hard by the river.

    hard put, in great perplexity or difficulty; at a loss: We were hard put to finish the examination in one hour.

    hard up, Informal.

    1. urgently in need of money.
    2. feeling a lack or need: The country is hard up for technicians and doctors.

Origin of hard

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English heard; cognate with Dutch hard, German hart, Old Norse harthr, Gothic hardus; akin to Homeric Greek kratýs “strong” and classical Greek krátos “strength” (see -cracy), from the Proto-Indo-European root kar-, ker- “hard”

synonym study for hard

1. See firm1. 3. Hard, difficult both describe something resistant to one’s efforts or one’s endurance. Hard is the general word: hard times; It was hard to endure the severe weather. Difficult means not easy, and particularly denotes that which requires special effort or skill: a difficult task. 12. Hard, callous, unfeeling, unsympathetic imply a lack of interest in, feeling for, or sympathy with others. Hard implies insensibility, either natural or acquired, so that the plight of others makes no impression on one: a hard taskmaster. Callous may mean the same or that one is himself or herself insensitive to hurt as the result of continued repression and indifference: a callous answer; callous to criticism. Unfeeling implies natural inability to feel with and for others: an unfeeling and thoughtless remark. Unsympathetic implies an indifference that precludes pity, compassion, or the like: unsympathetic toward distress.

OTHER WORDS FROM hard

half-hard, adjectiveo·ver·hard, adjectiveo·ver·hard·ness, nounsem·i·hard, adjective

sem·i·hard·ness, noun

Words nearby hard

harborside, harbour, harbourage, harbour master, harbour seal, hard, hard act to follow, hard-and-fast, hardanger, hard as nails, hard-ass

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Words related to hard

solid, strong, tough, arduous, complicated, heavy, rough, serious, terrible, troublesome, bleak, grim, harsh, painful, positive, sure, heavily, seriously, strongly, vigorously

How to use hard in a sentence

  • It was hard to process and realize it was real and it happened.

  • Just because something is hard to find, doesn’t mean it’s valuable, Keller says.

  • There will be hard days and recurring struggles, and you should give yourself space for them, she said.

  • An older cousin had once volunteered with Teen Line, and to Raderman that seemed like a good way to put her hard-won knowledge to use.

  • This makes it hard to know if you should buy a helmet with rotational-energy tech.

  • Just the hard-on before you shoot unarmed members of the public.

  • But so-called jungle primaries are notoriously hard to predict or poll.

  • My body used for his hard pleasure; a stone god gripping me in his hands.

  • All of my stories are about people trying hard not to grow up.

  • We also have a growing body of biological research showing that fathers, like mothers, are hard-wired to care for children.

  • He thought they were now in touch with our troops at «X» but that they had been through some hard fighting to get there.

  • However this be, it is hard to say that these fibs have that clear intention to deceive which constitutes a complete lie.

  • And it would be hard indeed, if so remote a prince’s notions of virtue and vice were to be offered as a standard for all mankind.

  • Even if poverty were gone, the flail could still beat hard enough upon the grain and chaff of humanity.

  • «I congratulate you on your engagement,» he said at last, looking up with a face that seemed to Bernard hard and unnatural.

British Dictionary definitions for hard


adjective

firm or rigid; not easily dented, crushed, or pierced

toughened by or as if by physical labour; not soft or smoothhard hands

difficult to do or accomplish; arduousa hard task

difficult to understand or perceivea hard question

showing or requiring considerable physical or mental energy, effort, or applicationhard work; a hard drinker

stern, cold, or intractablea hard judge

exacting; demandinga hard master

harsh; cruela hard fate

inflicting pain, sorrow, distress, or hardshiphard times

tough or adamanta hard man

forceful or violenta hard knock

cool or uncompromisingwe took a long hard look at our profit factor

indisputable; realhard facts

chem (of water) impairing the formation of a lather by soapSee hardness (def. 3)

practical, shrewd, or calculatinghe is a hard man in business

too harsh to be pleasanthard light

  1. (of cash, money, etc) in coin and paper rather than cheques
  2. (of currency) in strong demand, esp as a result of a good balance of payments situation
  3. (of credit) difficult to obtain; tight

(of alcoholic drink) being a spirit rather than a wine, beer, etcthe hard stuff

(of a drug such as heroin, morphine, or cocaine) highly addictiveCompare soft (def. 20)

physics (of radiation, such as gamma rays and X-rays) having high energy and the ability to penetrate solids

physics (of a vacuum) almost complete

mainly US (of goods) durable

(of news coverage) concentrating on serious stories

phonetics

  1. an older word for fortis
  2. (not in modern technical usage) denoting the consonants c and g in English when they are pronounced as velar stops (k, g)
  3. (of consonants in the Slavonic languages) not palatalized
  1. being heavily fortified and protected
  2. (of nuclear missiles) located underground in massively reinforced silos

politically extremethe hard left

British and NZ informal incorrigible or disreputable (esp in the phrase a hard case)

(of bread, etc) stale and old

a hard nut to crack

  1. a person not easily persuaded or won over
  2. a thing not easily understood

hard by near; close by

hard doer NZ a tough worker at anything

hard done by unfairly or badly treated

hard up informal

  1. in need of money; poor
  2. (foll by for) in great need (of)hard up for suggestions

put the hard word on Australian and NZ informal to ask or demand something from

adverb

with great energy, force, or vigourthe team always played hard

as far as possible; all the wayhard left

with application; earnestly or intentlyshe thought hard about the formula

with great intensity, force, or violencehis son’s death hit him hard

(foll by on, upon, by, or after) close; nearhard on his heels

(foll by at) assiduously; devotedly

  1. with effort or difficultytheir victory was hard won
  2. (in combination)hard-earned

slowly and reluctantlyprejudice dies hard

go hard with to cause pain or difficulty to (someone)it will go hard with you if you don’t tell the truth

hard at it working hard

hard put or hard put to it scarcely having the capacity (to do something)he’s hard put to get to work by 9:30

noun

any colorant that produces a harsh coarse appearance

British a roadway across a foreshore

slang hard labour

slang an erection of the penis (esp in the phrase get or have a hard on)

Word Origin for hard

Old English heard; related to Old Norse harthr, Old Frisian herd, Old High German herti, Gothic hardus hard, Greek kratus strong

Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with hard


In addition to the idioms beginning with hard

  • hard act to follow
  • hard and fast
  • hard as nails
  • hard bargain
  • hard cash
  • harden one’s heart
  • hard feelings
  • hard hat
  • hard hit, be
  • hard line
  • hard liquor
  • hard luck
  • hardly ever
  • hard nut to crack
  • hard of hearing
  • hard on
  • hard on someone’s heels
  • hard pressed
  • hard put, be
  • hard row to hoe
  • hard sell
  • hard time
  • hard up
  • hard way, the

also see:

  • between a rock and a hard place
  • cold (hard) cash
  • come down (hard) on
  • die hard
  • drive a (hard) bargain
  • go hard with
  • no hard feelings
  • play hardball
  • play hard to get
  • school of hard knocks
  • tough (hard) row to hoe

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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