the old lady is a little hard of hearing ☊ 
bà cụ hơi nghểnh ngãng ☊ to follow close or hard on somebody’s heels ☊ bám sát ☊ to have muscles as hard as iron ☊ bắp thịt chắc nịch ☊ assiduous, laborious, industrious, studious, hard working ☊ chăm chỉ ☊ studious, hard working; to study diligently, study hard ☊ chăm học ☊ it’s not hard at all ☊ có gì khó đâu ☊ be in straitened or reduced or strained circumstances, be hard up ☊ cơ lỡ ☊ (1) law, principle (2) hard
(3) bridle, reins ☊
cương ☊ (1) to be urgent, pressing; to need (to), want; to care (2) hard working, industrious
(3) rod, pole, staff
(4) celery ☊
cần ☊ hard working, industrious, laborious; hard work ☊ cần cù ☊ (1) dishonest, underhanded, tricky (2) apartment, room
(3) difficult, hard
(4) danger, peril ☊
gian ☊ difficult, hard to do ☊ khó làm ☊ not to mind hard work, insist, tie; jockey ☊ không nài khó nhọc ☊ hard fighting, hard struggle ☊ khổ chiến ☊ vorvee, piece of hard labor ☊ khổ dịch ☊ to have a hard time, hard, unlucky ☊ long đong ☊ to give someone a hard time ☊ làm găng ☊ to be a good worker, be a hard worker ☊ làm việc hăng say ☊ to work hard and without rest, toil ☊ làm việc quần quật ☊ difficult, hard to solve ☊ nan giải ☊ in strained circumstances, hard up ☊ nghèo ngặt ☊ mean, hard to forgive, petty ☊ nhỏ nhen ☊ to defy troubles, not to flinch from hard work ☊ nài bao khó nhọc ☊ to go through hard times, suffer great hardships ☊ nằm gai nếm mật ☊ to hit hard with a long stick ☊ phang ☊ to serve, labor, wait upon, do hard work, attend to ☊ phục dịch ☊ hard to say, hard to predict ☊ rất khó mà tiên đoán ☊ after a hard day’s work ☊ sau một ngày lao động vất vả ☊ to be addicted to hard work, be a workaholic ☊ tham công tiếc việc ☊ to be hard up for, pressed for ☊ túng ☊ to be hard up for money ☊ túng tiền ☊ solitary confinement with hard labor ☊ tội đồ ☊ to wriggle, swing hips, play hard to get ☊ uốn éo ☊ to not be hard at all ☊ đâu có gì khó khăn ☊ what’s hard about that? ☊ có gì khó? ☊