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  • 1 Difficulty

    subs.
    P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ.
    Of ground: P. χαλεπότης, ἡ.
    Difficulties: P. and V. ἄπορον, τό, or pl., V. ἀμηχάνον, τό, or pl., P. τὰ δυσχερῆ; see Straits (Strait).
    This is my difficulty: V. κεῖνό μοι... πρόσαντες (Eur., Or. 790).
    Consider his difficulties your opportunities: P. τὴν ἀκαιρίαν τὴν ἐκείνου καιρὸν ὑμέτερον νομίζειν (Dem. 16).
    Be in difficulties, v.: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, V. ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.), P. ἀπόρως, διακεῖσθαι.
    With difficulty, adv.: P. and V. μόλις, μόγις, Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς, ταλαιπώρως, P. ἐπιπόνως, V. δυσπετώς.
    Without difficulty: P. and V. ῥᾳδίως, V. ἀμοχθί, P. ἀκονιτί; see Easily.

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  • 2 difficulty

    plural - difficulties; noun
    1) (the state or quality of being hard (to do) or not easy: I have difficulty in understanding him.) δυσκολία
    2) (an obstacle or objection: He has a habit of foreseeing difficulties.) εμπόδιο
    3) ((especially in plural) trouble, especially money trouble: The firm was in difficulties.) δυσχέρεια,προβλήματα

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  • 3 difficulty

    1) δυσκολία
    2) δυσχέρεια

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  • 4 Effort

    subs.
    Labour: P. and V. πόνος, ὁ, Ar. and V. μόχθος, ὁ; see Work.
    Zeal: P. and V. σπουδή, ἡ, προθυμία, ἡ.
    Attempt: P. and V. πεῖρα, ἡ, ἐγχείρημα, τό, P. ἐπιχείρημα, τό; see Attempt.
    With great effort ( with difficulty): P. and V. μόλις, μόγις, Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς, P. μετὰ πολλοῦ πόνου, V. πολλῷ πόνῳ; see with difficulty, under Difficulty.
    Without effort: P. ἀπόνως, V. ἀμοχθί; see Easily.
    Make an effort, v.: P. and V. τείνειν, P. συντείνειν (or pass.), διατείνεσθαι, V. ἐντείνειν.

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  • 5 inconvenient

    [inkən'vi:njənt] 1. adjective
    (causing trouble or difficulty; awkward: He has come at a very inconvenient time.) άβολος
    2. verb
    (to cause trouble or difficulty to: I hope I haven't inconvenienced you.) ξεβολεύω

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  • 6 labour

    ['leibə] 1. noun
    1) (hard work: The building of the cathedral involved considerable labour over two centuries; People engaged in manual labour are often badly paid.) σκληρή εργασία
    2) (workmen on a job: The firm is having difficulty hiring labour.) εργατικό δυναμικό, εργάτες
    3) ((in a pregnant woman etc) the process of childbirth: She was in labour for several hours before the baby was born.) τοκετός, πόνοι γέννας
    4) (used (with capital) as a name for the Socialist party in the United Kingdom.) το Εργατικό Κόμμα
    2. verb
    1) (to be employed to do hard and unskilled work: He spends the summer labouring on a building site.) εργάζομαι σκληρά, αγκομαχώ
    2) (to move or work etc slowly or with difficulty: They laboured through the deep undergrowth in the jungle; the car engine labours a bit on steep hills.) δυσκολεύομαι, πασχίζω
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    - laboriously
    - laboriousness
    - labourer
    - labour court
    - labour dispute
    - labour-saving

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  • 7 Narrowly

    adv.
    With difficulty, only, just: P. and V. μόλις, μόγις, Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς; see under Difficulty.
    Narrowly escape: see under Narrow.
    Minutely: P. and V. ἀκριβῶς.

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  • 8 Rub

    v. trans.
    P. and V. τρίβειν.
    Smear: Ar. and P. ἀλείφειν, P. ἐπαλείφειν, Ar. παραλείφειν, V. χρίειν, προχρίειν; see Anoint.
    Rubagainst... rubbing flint against flint I produced with pain a dim spark: V. ἀλλʼ ἐν πέτροισι πέτρον ἐκτρίβων μόλις ἔφηνʼ ἄφαντον φῶς (Soph., Phil. 296).
    Rub away: P. and V. τρίβειν, Ar. and P. κατατρίβειν.
    Rub down ( as a horse): Ar. and P. καταψῆν (Xen.), P. and V. ψήχειν (Xen. also Ar.), V. καταψήχειν, κτενίζειν.
    Rub off: Ar. and V. ἀποψῆν; see wipe away.
    Rub out: P. and V. ἐξαλείφειν, P. ἀπαλείφειν.
    Erase: P. ἐκκολάπτειν; see Erase.
    Hard to rub out, adj.: P. δυσέκνιπτος, V. δύσνιπτος.
    Rub up, polish: P. λαμπρύνεσθαι (Xen.).
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    subs.
    Rubbing: P. τρῖψις, ἡ.
    met., difficulty: P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ; see Difficulty.

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  • 9 Struggle

    subs.
    Contest: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, μάχη, ἡ, ἅμιλλα, ἡ, V. ἀγωνία, ἡ, πάλαισμα, τό, ἆθλος, ὁ, δῆρις, ἡ.
    Convulsion: P. and V. σπασμός, ὁ, P. σφαδασμός, ὁ (Plat.), V. σπαραγμός, ὁ.
    Agitation: P. ἀγωνία, ἡ.
    Time of stress or trial: P. and V. ἀγών, ὁ, V. ἆθλος, ὁ.
    Labour effort: P. and V. πόνος, ὁ, Ar. and V. μόχθος, ὁ, V. ἆθλος, ὁ.
    With a struggle, with difficulty: use adv., P. and V. μόλις, μόγις, Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς; see under Difficulty.
    Without a struggle ( with no convulsive effort): use adj., V. ἀσφάδαστος.
    Without a struggle ( without the necessity of fighting): P. ἀμαχεί, ἀκονιτί.
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    v. trans.
    Contend: P. and V. ἀγωνίζεσθαι, μάχεσθαι, διαμάχεσθαι (Eur., Alc. 694), ἀθλεῖν, ἁμιλλᾶσθαι, V. ἐξαγωνίζεσθαι, ἐξαμιλλᾶσθαι.
    Use violence: P. and V. βιάζεσθαι.
    Exert oneself: P. and V. σπουδάζειν, τείνειν, ὁρμᾶσθαι, P. διατείνεσθαι, συντείνειν (or pass.), ἐντείνεσθαι, V. ἐντείνειν.
    Try (with infin. following); P. and V. πειρᾶν (or mid.), ἐγχειρεῖν, ἐπιχειρεῖν; see Try.
    Labour: P. and V. πονεῖν, μοχθεῖν (rare P.), ἀθλεῖν (rare P.); see Labour.
    Writhe, be convulsed: P. and V. σφαδάζειν (Xen.), V. σπᾶσθαι.
    Hard to struggle against, adj.: V. δυσπάλαιστος; see Invincible.

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  • 10 Wearily

    adv.
    With difficulty: Ar. and P. χαλεπῶς, P. ἐπιπόνως; see under Difficulty.

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  • 11 a hard time (of it)

    (trouble, difficulty, worry etc: The audience gave the speaker a hard time of it at the meeting; The speaker had a hard time (of it) trying to make himself heard.) δυσκολίες, βάσανα

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  • 12 a hard time (of it)

    (trouble, difficulty, worry etc: The audience gave the speaker a hard time of it at the meeting; The speaker had a hard time (of it) trying to make himself heard.) δυσκολίες, βάσανα

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  • 13 afford

    [ə'fo:d]
    1) ((usually with can, could) to be able to spend money, time etc on or for something: I can't afford (to buy) a new car.) διαθέτω (χρήματα, χρόνο)
    2) ((usually with can, could) to be able to do (something) without causing oneself trouble, difficulty etc: She can't afford to be rude to her employer no matter how rude he is to her.) είμαι σε θέση, έχω τη δυνατότητα

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  • 14 asthma

    ['æsmə, ]( American[) 'æzmə]
    (an illness which causes difficulty in breathing out, resulting from an allergy etc.) άσθμα

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  • 15 awkward

    ['o:kwəd]
    1) (not graceful or elegant: an awkward movement.) αδέξιος, άγαρμπος
    2) (difficult or causing difficulty, embarrassment etc: an awkward question; an awkward silence; His cut is in an awkward place.) που προκαλεί αμηχανία ή δυσκολία, `ενοχλητικός`
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    - awkwardness

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  • 16 barrier

    ['bæriə]
    1) (something put up as a defence or protection: a barrier between the playground and the busy road.) φράγμα, φράκτης
    2) (something that causes difficulty: His deafness was a barrier to promotion.) εμπόδιο

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  • 17 be the matter

    ( often with with) (to be the/a trouble, difficulty or thing that is wrong: Is anything the matter?; What's the matter with you?) συμβαίνει

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  • 18 breathless

    adjective (having difficulty in breathing normally: His asthma makes him breathless; He was breathless after climbing the hill.) λαχανιασμένος, ξέπνοος

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  • 19 bronchitis

    (inflammation of the air passages in the lungs, causing difficulty in breathing: Wet weather makes his bronchitis worse.) βρογχίτιδα

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  • 20 cataract

    ['kætərækt]
    (a clouding of the lens of the eye causing difficulty in seeing.) καταρράκτης

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