āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
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āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻš
needing a lot of skill or effort to do
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Writing a novel can be hard, as it requires creativity, discipline, and perseverance.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύā§āϝāĻžāϏ āϞā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āϏā§āĻāύāĻļā§āϞāϤāĻž, āĻļā§āĻā§āĻāϞāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āϧā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The apples were too hard to bite into.
āĻāĻĒā§āϞāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The workers hit the metal with hard blows to shape it.
āĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻŋāĻāϰāĻž āϧāĻžāϤā§āĻā§ āĻā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻžāϤ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻā§āϤ, āϤāĻžāϞāĻŦā§āϝ
(of a sound) pronounced by moving the back of the tongue toward the velum
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The letter " g " in " go " makes a hard sound, unlike its soft counterpart in " giant. "
"go"-āĻ "g" āĻ
āĻā§āώāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰā§, "giant"-āĻ āĻāϰ āύāϰāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϰā§āĻĒā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϰā§āϤā§āĨ¤
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āĻļāĻā§āϤ, āϤā§āĻā§āώā§āĻŖ
(of light) producing sharp contrasts and clearly defined shadows
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She used hard light to accentuate the details.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦāϰāĻŖ āĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻāϞ⧠āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāĻ
(of alcoholic beverages) haiving a high alcohol content, often used to describe spirits like whiskey, vodka, or rum
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
At the party, they served mostly hard drinks, including gin and tequila.
āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāϰāĻāĻžāĻ āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāύ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻ
āύā§āϤāϰā§āĻā§āĻā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻāώā§āĻāĻāϰ
difficult to endure or experience, often related to misfortune
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It was hard to watch the team lose after such a strong start.
āĻāϤ āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧠āϏā§āĻāύāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āĻĻāϞāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻšāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻā§āϤ, āĻļā§āώā§āĻ
stiff or tough due to lack of moisture
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The cookies were so hard they could break your teeth.
āĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāϤāĻāĻžāĻ āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝ⧠āϏā§āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻāϤ āĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāϤāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻā§āϤ, āĻā§āύāϝā§āĻā§āϤ
(of water) high in dissolved salts, particularly calcium and magnesium
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The plumber recommended a water softener because the house had hard water.
āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϞ āϏāĻĢā§āĻā§āύāĻžāϰ āϏā§āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻļ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāϞ āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻā§āϤ, āĻā§āĻĻāύāĻā§āώāĻŽ
(of radiation) having relatively high penetrating power or energy, such as X-rays or gamma rays
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
X-rays are a type of hard radiation used in medical imaging.
āĻāĻā§āϏ-āϰ⧠āĻšāϞ āĻŽā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āϞ āĻāĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻāĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻšāĻžāϰā§āĻĄ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϰāĻŖāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻā§āϤ, āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āϤāĻŦ
based on solid, verifiable evidence or facts
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
We need to focus on hard data rather than speculation when making decisions.
āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāύā§āϤ āύā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ
āύā§āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻĄā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĢā§āĻāĻžāϏ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Mathematics is a hard subject, with clear, objective solutions.
āĻāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ, āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻ, āĻāĻĻā§āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝāĻŽā§āϞāĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āϏāĻšāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ, āĻ āύāĻŽāύā§āϝāĻŧ
showing an uncompromising or rigid approach, often in politics or opinions
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The debate became more intense as both sides took hard positions on healthcare.
āĻŦāĻŋāϤāϰā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻ āϤā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āϞ āϝāĻāύ āĻāĻāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻā§āώāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§āĻĨā§āϝāϏā§āĻŦāĻž āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āĻ
āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āύāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻā§āϤ, āĻāĻ āĻŋāύ
(of a body part) becoming stiff or firm, often in response to certain feelings or physical reactions
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The body 's natural response in certain situations is to become hard or tense.
āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻļāϰā§āϰā§āϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϞ āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻ āĻžāĨ¤
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āĻāĻ āĻŋāύāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻāϰā§
with a lot of difficulty or effort
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She studied hard for her exams.
āϏ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻ ā§āϰ āĻ
āϧā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He gripped the steering wheel hard during the storm.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻšā§āĻāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻāϰ⧠āϧāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽāύā§āϝā§āĻ āϏāĻšāĻāĻžāϰā§, āĻāĻā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§
in an earnest or focused manner
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He stared hard at the map, trying to make sense of the route.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ ā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āϤāĻžāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āϰā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞā§āύāĨ¤
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āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖāĻāĻžāĻŦā§, āĻĻā§āĻĸāĻŧāĻāĻžāĻŦā§
to the fullest extent, often used in specific contexts like navigation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The sailors were told to turn hard port as the storm approached.
āύāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϏāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻŦāύā§āĻĻāϰ⧠āĻā§āϰāϤā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They set up camp hard by the trail to catch the sunrise.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏā§āϰā§āϝā§āĻĻāϝāĻŧ āϧāϰāϤ⧠āĻā§āϰā§āĻāϞā§āϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĒ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻļāĻā§āϤ, āĻĻā§āĻĸāĻŧ
into a firm state
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The glue dried hard after a few minutes.
āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻāĻ āĻž āĻļāĻā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
hardly
hardness
hardy
hard
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