āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
hard-boiled
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hard-boiled
01
āĻļāĻā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§, āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§
(eggs) boiled with both the white and yolk firm
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He prefers his breakfast with a side of hard-boiled eggs.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻžāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĒāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ ā§āĻ°, āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ
tough and callous by virtue of experience
03
āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻšā§āĻ¨
used of persons; emotionally hardened
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
