Collocations for "difficult"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "difficult" in context.
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difficult
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- a difficult [exam, task, job]
- a difficult [situation, problem, issue, business]
- that's a very difficult [question, problem] to [answer, solve]
- [so, too] difficult to answer
- difficult to [find, answer, say, do, understand]
- difficult to [handle, manage, deal with, cope]
- a difficult [puzzle, crossword, conundrum]
- difficult [conditions, circumstances, terms]
- going through a difficult [period, time, patch, year]
- finding it difficult to [sleep, concentrate, breathe]
- the [store, information, book] is difficult to find
- [extremely, impossibly, very, quite, rather] difficult
- difficult but not [impossible, unsurmountable, out of the question]
- a difficult [person, baby, child, teenager, student, individual]
- is at a difficult age
'difficult' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Greek
- ID
- Swedish
- Swiss
- achieve
- adapt
- adjust
- admit
- afternoon
- ahead
- approach
- arabic
- arguably
- argue
- articulate
- assess
- attain
- back
- become
- bilingual
- birth
- breathe
- bulky
- can
- challenge
- childhood
- choice
- choose
- class
- competitor
- complicated
- compose
- comprehend
- compromise
- conceive
- concept
- confront
- confusing
- constrain
- conundrum
- convey
- counterfeit
- course
- cumbersome
- curriculum
- customer
- dance
- date
- daunting
- debug