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Vietnamese is very hard. ☊ 
Tiếng Việt rất khó. ☊ Adjectives 1 difficult, hard ☊ khó ☊ Adjectives 1 It is hard to define what love is. ☊ Khó định nghĩa yêu là gì. ☊ Verbs 3 The content of the test is very hard. ☊ Nội dung của bài kiểm tra rất khó. ☊ Abstract Objects 1 like: hard → →
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? ☊ 270
Minoru works very hard. ☊ Minoru rất chịu khó làm việc. ☊ 305
She always works hard. ☊ Cô ấy luôn chịu khó làm việc. ☊ 322
You don't work very hard. ☊ Cậu không làm việc quá nhiều. ☊ 341
We don't work very hard. ☊ Chúng tôi không làm việc quá nhiều. ☊ 387
Does your father work hard? ☊ Bố cậu có làm việc nhiều không? ☊ 397
You work hard. How about Heuiyeon? Does she work hard? ☊ Cậu chịu khó làm việc. Còn Cơ Viện thì sao? Anh ấy có chịu khó làm việc không? ☊ 564
Richard wasn't. ☊ Anabel và Richard có đến bữa tiệc không? - Anabel thì có ở đó nhưng Richard thì không. ☊ 1454
Yeonhwa doesn't study enough. She should study harder. ☊ Liên Hoa học chưa đủ. Cô ấy nên học chăm chỉ hơn. ☊ 1464
I don't think you should work so hard. ☊ Tôi nghĩ cậu không nên làm việc nhiều thế. ☊ 1479
You shouldn't work so hard. ☊ Cậu không nên làm việc quá nhiều. ☊ 1764
Martin works hard, but I don't. ☊ Martin làm việc chăm chỉ nhưng tôi thì không. ☊ 1777
Richard has beto China, but I haven't. ☊ Richard từng đến Trung Quốc nhưng tôi thì chưa. ☊ 1785
I don't watch TV much, but Erhard does. ☊ Tôi không xem nhiều vô tuyến nhưng Erhard thì có. ☊ 1801
I've beinvited to Gerhard's wedding, but Evita hasn't. ☊ Tôi đã được mời đến đám cưới của Gerhard nhưng Evita thì chưa. ☊ 1868
Diane works very hard. It's said that she works sixte(16) hours a day. ☊ Diane làm việc rất vất vả. Nghe nói cô ấy làm mười sáu tiếng một ngày. ☊ 2037
He needs to work harder if he wants to make progress. ☊ Anh ấy cần làm việc chăm hơn nếu anh ấy muốn tiến bộ. ☊ 2134
It's hard to nd a place to park downtown. ☊ Khó mà tìm chỗ đỗ xe ở trung tâm. ☊ 2252
I've got a new job, and it's hard work. ☊ Tôi có công việc mới và đó là một công việc nặng. ☊ 2392
Hardly anybody passed the examination. ☊ Hầu như không có ai qua kì thi. ☊ 2557
I've been working very hard all day, and now I'm exhausted. ☊ Tôi đã làm việc cật lực cả ngày nay và giờ tôi kiệt sức. ☊ 2577
You're speaking too quietly, I can hardly hear you. ☊ Cậu nói nhỏ quá, tôi gần như không nghe được cậu nói. ☊ 2578
You've hardly changed! ☊ Cậu bây giờ trông vẫn như cách đây mười lăm năm. Cậu gần như không thay đổi. ☊ 2579
Our new boss is not very popular. Hardly anyone likes her. ☊ Bà chủ mới của chúng ta không được lòng lắm. Gần như chẳng có ai ưa bà ấy. ☊ 2580
It was very crowded in the room. There was hardly anywhere to sit. ☊ Phòng này rất đông. Gần như chẳng có chỗ nào để ngồi. ☊ 2589
You're lazy. You don't work hard enough. ☊ Cậu lười. Cậu không làm đủ chăm chỉ. ☊ 2629
Walter hardly ever watches TV, and rarely reads newspapers. ☊ Walter gần như không bao giờ xem vô tuyến và hiếm khi đọc báo. ☊ 2948
However, the re ghters had a hard time trying to calm a woman down. Apparently, her cat perished in the re. ☊ Tuy nhiên lính cứu hoả đã gặp khó khăn khi cố gắng giữ bình tĩnh cho một phụ nữ. Có vẻ như con mèo của cô ấy bị chết trong đám cháy. ☊ 2954
You should always back up your computer les just in case the hard drive dies. ☊ Cậu nên luôn luôn sao lưu các tệp tin máy tính phòng khi ổ cứng chết. ☊ He's the tallest, after Richard. ☊ after ☊
We've got a lot of hard work ahead. ☊ ahead ☊
You need to work hard to keep ahead. ☊ ahead ☊
All five men are hard workers. ☊ all ☊
You've had all the fun and I've had all the hard work. ☊ all ☊
He's worked hard all year. ☊ all ☊
Almost no one (= hardly anyone) believed him. ☊ almost ☊
Tom is not alone in finding Rick hard to work with. ☊ alone ☊
It's hard bringing up children alone. ☊ alone ☊
I've got hardly any money. ☊ any ☊
She spent hardly any of the money. ☊ any ☊
Hardly anyone came. ☊ anyone ☊
It's not as hard as I thought. ☊ as ☊
I was finding it hard to stay awake. ☊ awake ☊
I find that hard to believe. ☊ believe ☊
It was good to see her finally reaping the benefits (= enjoying the results) of all her hard work. ☊ benefit ☊
The immediate future is clear, but it's hard to tell what lies beyond. ☊ beyond ☊
It was blowing hard. ☊ blow ☊
+ adv./prep.: You're not blowing hard enough! ☊ blow ☊
hardback/paperback books ☊ book ☊
The air was so cold we could hardly breathe. ☊ breathe ☊
capacity for sth: She has an enormous capacity for hard work. ☊ capacity ☊
a hard disk storage capacity of 500 gigabytes ☊ capacity ☊
After missing a term through illness he had to work hard to catch up with the others. ☊ catch up (with sb) ☊
a cheerful, hard-working employee ☊ cheerful ☊
She works hard in class (= during the class). ☊ class ☊
You're just coasting—it's time to work hard now. ☊ coast ☊
'She doesn't try hard enough.' 'That's rich, coming from you (= you do not try hard either).' ☊ come from sth ☊
We need to work harder to remain competitive with other companies. ☊ competitive ☊
computer software/hardware/graphics ☊ computer ☊
The coach made the team work hard on ball control (= in a ball game). ☊ control ☊
Explore Thomas Hardy country. ☊ country ☊
Society does not know how to deal with hardened criminals (= people who regularly commit crimes and are not sorry for what they do). ☊ criminal ☊
Her eyes were cruel and hard. ☊ cruel ☊
Buyers will bargain hard to cut the cost of the house they want. ☊ cut ☊
Ruth danced all evening with Richard. ☊ dance ☊
Ruth and Richard danced together all evening. ☊ dance ☊
The hard disk is dead. ☊ dead ☊
It's hard to stay out of debt when you are a student. ☊ debt ☊
distinguish A from B: It was hard to distinguish one twin from the other. ☊ distinguish ☊
distinguish A and B: Sometimes reality and fantasy are hard to distinguish. ☊ distinguish ☊
She works harder than he does. ☊ do ☊
You're driving yourself too hard. ☊ drive ☊
She only got where she is today through hard work and a driving ambition. ☊ driving ☊
a hard (= very harmful) drug such as heroin ☊ drug ☊
a paperback/hardback edition ☊ edition ☊
emphasize that...: She emphasized that their plan would mean sacrifices and hard work. ☊ emphasize ☊
I hope my job's safe. Life is hard enough as it is. ☊ enough ☊
estimate how many, large, etc...: It is hard to estimate how many children suffer from dyslexia. ☊ estimate ☊
She hardly ever (= almost never) goes out. ☊ ever ☊
It was raining harder than ever. ☊ ever ☊
They eke out a precarious existence (= they have hardly enough money to live on). ☊ existence ☊
She tried extra hard. ☊ extra ☊
The report is based on hard facts (= information that can be proved to be true). ☊ fact ☊
find sth + adj.: You may find your illness hard to accept. ☊ find ☊
You may find it hard to accept your illness. ☊ find ☊
Simon finds it hard to make friends with other children. ☊ be/make friends (with sb) ☊
Hard work is fundamental to success. ☊ fundamental ☊
It's not hard to get him talking—the problem is stopping him! ☊ get ☊
Richard has gone on leave for two weeks. ☊ go ☊
My father was a hard man. ☊ hard ☊
She gave me a hard stare. ☊ hard ☊
His voice was hard. ☊ hard ☊
He said some very hard things to me. ☊ hard ☊
It's hard work shovelling snow. ☊ hard ☊
I've had a long hard day. ☊ hard ☊
This season has been a hard slog. ☊ hard ☊
They had put in hours of hard graft. ☊ hard ☊
She's a very hard worker. ☊ hard ☊
He's hard at work on a new novel. ☊ hard ☊
When I left they were all still hard at it (= working hard). ☊ hard ☊
He gave the door a good hard kick. ☊ hard ☊
a hard punch ☊ hard ☊
a hard choice/question ☊ hard ☊
hard to do sth: It is hard to believe that she's only nine. ☊ hard ☊
It's hard to see how they can lose. ☊ hard ☊
'When will the job be finished?' 'It's hard to say.' (= it is difficult to be certain) ☊ hard ☊
I find his attitude very hard to take (= difficult to accept). ☊ hard ☊
We're finding reliable staff hard to come by (= difficult to get). ☊ hard ☊
You are hard to please, aren't you? ☊ hard ☊
hard for sb (to do sth): It's hard for old people to change their ways. ☊ hard ☊
It must be hard for her, bringing up four children on her own. ☊ hard ☊
Times were hard at the end of the war. ☊ hard ☊
She's had a hard life. ☊ hard ☊
Wait for the concrete to go hard. ☊ hard ☊
a hard mattress ☊ hard ☊
Diamonds are the hardest known mineral. ☊ hard ☊
Don't be too hard on him—he's very young. ☊ be hard on sb/sth ☊
It's hard on people who don't have a car. ☊ be hard on sb/sth ☊
to think hard ☊ hard ☊
We thought long and hard before deciding to move house. ☊ hard ☊
to work hard ☊ hard ☊
You must try harder. ☊ hard ☊
She tried her hardest not to show how disappointed she was. ☊ hard ☊
Don't hit it so hard! ☊ hard ☊
He was still breathing hard after his run. ☊ hard ☊
Our victory was hard won (= won with great difficulty). ☊ hard ☊
There's hardly any tea left. ☊ hardly ☊
Hardly anyone has bothered to reply. ☊ hardly ☊
She hardly ever calls me (= almost never). ☊ hardly ☊
We hardly know each other. ☊ hardly ☊
Hardly a day goes by without my thinking of her (= I think of her almost every day). ☊ hardly ☊
At the time, I hardly spoke any French. ☊ hardly ☊
There was hardly a cloud in the sky. ☊ hardly ☊
I can hardly keep my eyes open (= I'm almost falling asleep). ☊ hardly ☊
I could hardly believe it when I read the letter. ☊ hardly ☊
We can't stop for coffee now, we've hardly started. ☊ hardly ☊
We had hardly sat down to supper when the phone rang. ☊ hardly ☊
Hardly had she spoken than she regretted it bitterly. ☊ hardly ☊
He is hardly likely to admit he was wrong. ☊ hardly ☊
It's hardly surprising she was fired; she never did any work. ☊ hardly ☊
It's hardly the time to discuss it now. ☊ hardly ☊
You can hardly expect her to do it for free. ☊ hardly ☊
'Couldn't you have just said no?' 'Well, hardly (= of course not), she's my wife's sister.' ☊ hardly ☊
He's 24—hardly a baby. ☊ hardly ☊
Spain was one of the hardest hit countries. ☊ hit ☊
She hit the ball too hard and it went out of the court. ☊ hit ☊
Times are hard and we have to husband our resources. ☊ husband ☊
She found it hard to live up to his high ideals. ☊ ideal ☊
judge how, what, etc...: It was hard to judge how great the risk was. ☊ judge ☊
He was sentenced to two years in a labour camp (= a type of prison where people have to do hard physical work). ☊ labour ☊
The land was very dry and hard after the long, hot summer. ☊ land ☊
In London life can be hard. ☊ life ☊
a hard/an easy life ☊ life ☊
They might refuse to let us do it, but it's hardly likely. ☊ likely ☊
She said little or nothing (= hardly anything) about her experience. ☊ little ☊
Everything has become just that little bit harder. ☊ little ☊
I could hardly believe my luck when he said yes. ☊ luck ☊
There is no magic formula for passing exams—only hard work. ☊ magic ☊
You can hardly move in this pub on Saturdays (= because it is so crowded). ☊ move ☊
I need hardly tell you (= you must already know) that the work is dangerous. ☊ need ☊
The next six months will be the hardest. ☊ next ☊
Her scars are hardly noticeable now. ☊ noticeable ☊
He's hard on his kids. ☊ on ☊
My favourite band? Oh, that's a hard one (= a hard question). ☊ one ☊
He hardly ever opens his mouth (= speaks). ☊ open ☊
The only passport to success is hard work. ☊ passport ☊
It's hard to make farming pay. ☊ pay ☊
I had a hard time getting him to pay up. ☊ pay up ☊
permit sth: The password permits access to all files on the hard disk. ☊ permit ☊
Doctors found it hard to establish the precise nature of her illness. ☊ precise ☊
The team has been training hard in preparation for the big game. ☊ preparation ☊
prepare for sth: The whole class is working hard preparing for the exams. ☊ prepare ☊
He hardly seemed to notice my presence. ☊ presence ☊
She pressed down hard on the gas pedal. ☊ press ☊
It's pretty hard to explain. ☊ pretty ☊
promote sb: She worked hard and was soon promoted. ☊ promote ☊
Don't pull so hard or the handle will come off. ☊ pull ☊
The magnetic pull of the city was hard to resist. ☊ pull ☊
Lucy should push herself a little harder. ☊ push ☊
Push hard when I tell you to. ☊ push ☊
It's hard to find people with the right qualities for the job. ☊ quality ☊
It's pouring with rain (= raining very hard). ☊ rain ☊
It had been raining hard all night. ☊ rain ☊
It hardly rained at all last summer. ☊ rain ☊
On the rare occasions when they met he hardly even dared speak to her. ☊ rare ☊
Go on, ask her; she can hardly refuse. ☊ refuse ☊
I found the temptation to miss the class too hard to resist. ☊ resist ☊
rest (from sth): to have/take a rest from all your hard work ☊ rest ☊
The end result (= the final one) of her hard work was a place at medical school. ☊ result ☊
result sb/sth doing sth: These policies resulted in many elderly people suffering hardship. ☊ result in sth ☊
They had fought hard for equal rights. ☊ right ☊
We'll get someone in to do the rough work (= the hard physical work). ☊ rough ☊
The skin on her hands was hard and rough. ☊ rough ☊
There are no hard and fast rules for planning healthy meals. ☊ rule ☊
say (what, how, etc...): It's hard to say what caused the accident. ☊ say ☊
say (what, how, etc...): She finds it hard to say what she feels. ☊ say ☊
I could hardly believe the evidence of my own senses (= what I could see, hear, etc.). ☊ sense ☊
so ... (that)...: She spoke so quietly (that) I could hardly hear her. ☊ so ☊
She worked hard so that everything would be ready in time. ☊ so ☊
All these students are good, but some work harder than others. ☊ some ☊
People tend to work hard at this stage of life. ☊ stage ☊
start doing sth: I started off working quite hard, but it didn't last. ☊ start off ☊
They worked hard to give their children a good start in life. ☊ start ☊
The kids found it hard to stay still. ☊ still ☊
I find him very hard to stomach. ☊ stomach ☊
You will have to work hard if you are to succeed. ☊ succeed ☊
Teeth have a hard surface layer called enamel. ☊ surface ☊
She swallowed hard and told him the bad news. ☊ swallow ☊
I find his attitude a little hard to take. ☊ take ☊
tell sth: It was hard to tell the difference between the two versions. ☊ tell ☊
I think he's happy. It's hard to tell. ☊ tell ☊
It was all a great success—thanks to a lot of hard work. ☊ thanks to sb/sth ☊
There were three questions. The first two were relatively easy but the third one was hard. ☊ the ☊
Life was harder then because neither of us had a job. ☊ then ☊
You can only achieve success through hard work. ☊ through ☊
Times are hard for the unemployed. ☊ time ☊
This is hardly the time to discuss politics. ☊ time ☊
turn to be/have sth: The job turned out to be harder than we thought. ☊ turn out ☊
I'm under no illusions about what hard work this will be. ☊ under ☊
I understand how hard things have been for you. ☊ understand ☊
The virus in the software was programmed to corrupt the hard disk. ☊ virus ☊
I can hardly wait to see him again. ☊ I, they, etc. can't wait/can hardly wait ☊
You'll wear yourself out if you carry on working so hard. ☊ wear yourself/sb out ☊
a mild/severe/hard winter ☊ winter ☊
If you wish really hard, maybe you'll get what you want. ☊ wish ☊
He finds it hard to live within his income (= without spending more than he earns). ☊ within ☊
She earned her grades through sheer hard work. ☊ work ☊
Taking care of a baby is hard work. ☊ work ☊
a hard/fast/quick/slow worker ☊ worker ☊
The job involves a lot of hard work but it's worth it. ☊ worth ☊
She stifled another yawn and tried hard to look interested. ☊ yawn ☊
dur ☊ il va traverser des moments très durs ☊
guère ☊ mon travail n’avançait guère ☊
pénible ☊ ton incompétence devient extrêmement pénible ☊
rude ☊ l’hiver fut rude. il fut malade deux fois ☊
parquet ☊ une autopsie a été ordonnée par le parquet ☊