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81 feel the pinch
(to be in difficulty because of lack of money.) být na suchu -
82 fight one's way
(to make one's way with difficulty: She fought her way through the crowd.) probít se, vysekat se -
83 fish out
(to pull something out with some difficulty: At last he fished out the letter he was looking for.) vylovit -
84 have a job
(to have difficulty: You'll have a job finishing all this work tonight.) mít fušku -
85 make heavy weather of
(to find surprising difficulty in doing: He said he'd finish the job in half an hour, but he's making rather heavy weather of it.) pořádně se zapotit -
86 off the hook
(free from some difficulty or problem: If he couldn't keep the terms of the contract, he shouldn't have signed it - I don't see how we can get him off the hook now.) z bryndy -
87 on the rocks
(in a state of ruin or of great financial difficulty: Their marriage is on the rocks; The firm is on the rocks.) v troskách; na mizině -
88 plain sailing
(progress without difficulty.) úplná hračka -
89 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.) přijít na pomoc -
90 scrape together/up
(to manage (with difficulty) to find (enough): I'll try to scrape a team together for tomorrow's game.) dát dohromady -
91 stumbling-block
noun (a difficulty that prevents progress.) kámen úrazu
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difficulty — difficulty, hardship, rigor, vicissitude are synonyms only when they mean something which demands effort and endurance if it is to be overcome or one s end achieved. Difficulty, the most widely applicable of these terms, applies to any condition … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Difficulty — Dif fi*cul*ty, n.; pl. {Difficulties}. [L. difficultas, fr. difficilis difficult; dif = dis + facilis easy: cf. F. difficult[ e]. See {Facile}.] 1. The state of being difficult, or hard to do; hardness; arduousness; opposed to {easiness} or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
difficulty — [dif′i kul΄tē, dif′ikəl΄tē] n. pl. difficulties [ME & OFr difficulte < L difficultas < difficilis, difficult < dis , not + facilis, easy: see FACILE] 1. the condition or fact of being difficult 2. something that is difficult, as a hard… … English World dictionary
difficulty — [n1] problem; situation requiring great effort adversity, arduousness, awkwardness, barricade, check, complication, crisis, crux, dead end, deadlock, deep water*, dilemma, distress, emergency, exigency, fix*, frustration, hardship, hazard,… … New thesaurus
difficulty — late 14c., from O.Fr. difficulté, from L. difficultatem (nom. difficultas) difficulty, distress, poverty, from difficilis hard, from dis not, away from (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + facilis easy (see FACILE (Cf. facile)) … Etymology dictionary
difficulty — index adversity, aggravation (annoyance), bar (obstruction), burden, complex (entanglement) … Law dictionary
difficulty — ► NOUN (pl. difficulties) 1) the state or condition of being difficult. 2) a difficult or dangerous situation or circumstance. ORIGIN Latin difficultas, from facultas ability, opportunity … English terms dictionary
difficulty — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, enormous, extreme, grave, great, major, real, serious, severe ▪ We had enormous difficulty … Collocations dictionary
difficulty */*/*/ — UK [ˈdɪfɪk(ə)ltɪ] / US [ˈdɪfɪkəltɪ] noun Word forms difficulty : singular difficulty plural difficulties Metaphor: A difficult idea or situation is like a knot or something that is tied up, tangled, or twisted. When you deal with it successfully … English dictionary
difficulty — dif|fi|cul|ty [ dıfıkəlti ] noun *** 1. ) uncount how difficult something is: The courses vary in content and difficulty. 2. ) uncount if you have difficulty with something, you are not able to do it easily: difficulty (in) doing something: Six… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
difficulty — n. 1) to cause, create, make, present difficulties for 2) to come across, encounter, experience, face, meet, run into difficulties 3) to clear up, overcome, resolve, surmount a difficulty 4) (a) grave, great, insurmountable, serious, severe… … Combinatory dictionary
