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61 persist
[pə'sist](to keep doing, thinking etc in spite of opposition or difficulty; to continue asking, persuading etc: It will not be easy but you will succeed if you persist; He didn't want to tell her, but she persisted (in asking).) užsispirti, atkakliai ką daryti- persistently
- persistence -
62 pick out
1) (to choose or select: She picked out one dress that she particularly liked.) iš(si)rinkti2) (to see or recognize (a person, thing etc): He must be among those people getting off the train, but I can't pick him out.) atpažinti, atskirti3) (to play (a piece of music), especially slowly and with difficulty, especially by ear, without music in front of one: I don't really play the piano, but I can pick out a tune on one with one finger.) (iš)barbenti, skambinti iš klausos -
63 plain sailing
(progress without difficulty.) (eina) kaip iš pypkės -
64 plough
1. noun(a type of farm tool pulled through the top layer of the soil to turn it over.) plūgas2. verb1) (to turn over (the earth) with such a tool: The farmer was ploughing (in) a field.) arti, vagoti2) (to travel with difficulty, force a way etc: The ship ploughed through the rough sea; I've all this work to plough through.) skintis kelią, įveikti3) (to crash: The lorry ploughed into the back of a bus.) trenktis -
65 problem
['probləm]1) (a difficulty; a matter about which it is difficult to decide what to do: Life is full of problems; ( also adjective) a problem child.) sunkumas, problema; sunkus2) (a question to be answered or solved: mathematical problems.) uždavinys•- problematical- problematic -
66 pronunciation
noun (the act, or a way, of saying a word etc: She had difficulty with the pronunciation of his name.) (iš)tarimas -
67 rally round
(to come together for a joint action or effort, especially of support: When John's business was in difficulty, his friends all rallied round (to help) him.) susidėti, susivienyti -
68 resolve
[rə'zolv]1) (to make a firm decision (to do something): I've resolved to stop smoking.) apsispręsti2) (to pass (a resolution): It was resolved that women should be allowed to join the society.) nuspręsti3) (to take away (a doubt, fear etc) or produce an answer to (a problem, difficulty etc).) išspręsti, išblaškyti -
69 restrain
[rə'strein](to prevent from doing something; to control: He was so angry he could hardly restrain himself; He had to be restrained from hitting the man; He restrained his anger with difficulty.) sulaikyti -
70 scrape together/up
(to manage (with difficulty) to find (enough): I'll try to scrape a team together for tomorrow's game.) vargais negalais sukrapštyti/surasti -
71 slightest
adjective ((often in negative sentences, questions etc) least possible; any at all: I haven't the slightest idea where he is; The slightest difficulty seems to upset her.) menkiausias -
72 slog
[sloɡ] 1. past tense, past participle - slogged; verb1) (to hit hard (usually without aiming carefully): She slogged him with her handbag.) smogti, vožti2) (to make one's way with difficulty: We slogged on up the hill.) kabarotis, ropštis3) (to work very hard: She has been slogging all week at the shop.) plūktis2. noun1) ((a period of) hard work: months of hard slog.) plūkimasis2) (a hard blow: He gave the ball a slog.) stiprus smūgis -
73 snag
[snæɡ]1) (a difficulty or drawback: We did not realize at first how many snags there were in our plan.) kliūtis, trūkumas2) (a place on a garment where a thread has been torn or pulled out of place.) ištrauktas/nutrauktas siūlas -
74 soluble
['soljubl]1) (able to be dissolved or made liquid: This dye is soluble in water.) tirpstantis, tirpus2) ((of a problem, difficulty etc) able to be solved.) išsprendžiamas•- solution -
75 solution
[sə'lu:ʃən]1) (an answer to a problem, difficulty or puzzle: the solution to a crossword.) išsprendimas2) (the act of finding such an answer.) sprendimas3) (a liquid with something dissolved in it: a solution of salt and water.) tirpalas -
76 stiff
[stif]1) (rigid or firm, and not easily bent, folded etc: He has walked with a stiff leg since he injured his knee; stiff cardboard.) kietas, nelankstus, tvirtas2) (moving, or moved, with difficulty, pain etc: I can't turn the key - the lock is stiff; I woke up with a stiff neck; I felt stiff the day after the climb.) užstrigęs, sustingęs, nepajudinamas3) ((of a cooking mixture etc) thick, and not flowing: a stiff dough.) tirštas, kietas4) (difficult to do: a stiff examination.) sunkus5) (strong: a stiff breeze.) stiprus6) ((of a person or his manner etc) formal and unfriendly: I received a stiff note from the bank manager.) oficialus, formalus•- stiffly- stiffness
- stiffen
- stiffening
- bore
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77 strait
[streit]1) ((often in plural) a narrow strip of sea between two pieces of land: the straits of Gibraltar; the Bering Strait.) sąsiauris2) ((in plural) difficulty; (financial) need.) sunki padėtis, stygius•- strait-laced -
78 struggle
1. verb1) (to twist violently when trying to free oneself: The child struggled in his arms.) grumtis, stengtis ištrūkti2) (to make great efforts or try hard: All his life he has been struggling with illness / against injustice.) kovoti, grumtis3) (to move with difficulty: He struggled out of the hole.) iš visų jėgų stengtis (ką nors daryti)2. noun(an act of struggling, or a fight: The struggle for independence was long and hard.) kova -
79 stumbling-block
noun (a difficulty that prevents progress.) kliūtis -
80 toil
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