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hard [hα:d]1. adjectivea. ( = not soft) dur ; [blow, kick, punch] violent• to set hard [concrete, clay] bien prendre• no hard feelings! sans rancune !• to show there are no hard feelings pour montrer qu'il n'y a pas de rancune entre nous (or eux etc)• to take a hard line with sb/on sth se montrer intransigeant avec qn/quand il s'agit de qch• to be hard on sb [person] être dur avec qn• hard luck! pas de chance !b. ( = not easy) dur ; [battle, fight] rude• I find it hard to believe that... j'ai du mal à croire que...• it's hard work! c'est dur !c. ( = committed) he's a hard worker il est travailleurd. [winter, climate] rude ; [frost] forte. [evidence] tangible ; [fact] concret2. adverb• no matter how hard I try, I... j'ai beau essayer, je...b. ( = badly) to take sth hard être très affecté par qch3. compounds► hard hat noun casque m ; ( = riding hat) bombe f ; (US = construction worker) ouvrier m du bâtiment• a hard-headed businessman un homme d'affaires qui a la tête sur les épaules ► hard-hearted adjective insensible* * *[hɑːd] 1.1) ( firm) durto go ou grow ou become hard — durcir
frozen hard — complètement gelé; hard lens
2) ( difficult) [problem, question, task] dur, difficile; [choice, decision] difficile; [bargaining, negotiations, fight] dur, serréto be hard to open — être dur or difficile à ouvrir
it's hard to do — c'est dur or difficile à faire
to find it hard to do something — avoir du mal à faire quelque chose, trouver dur or difficile de faire quelque chose
it's hard to accept/believe — on a du mal à accepter/croire ( that que)
it was hard work ou going — ça a été dur or difficile
hard work never hurt ou killed anybody! — le travail n'a jamais fait de mal à personne!
to be a hard worker — être travailleur/-euse
to find something out ou learn something the hard way — apprendre quelque chose à ses dépens
3) ( harsh) [life, year] difficile; [blow] fig dur, terrible; [winter] rudehard luck ou lines (colloq) GB! — pas de chance!
to take a hard line — adopter une attitude ferme ( on something à propos de quelque chose; with somebody envers quelqu'un)
it's a hard life — gen, hum, iron la vie est dure
to give somebody a hard time — (colloq) ( make things difficult) rendre la vie impossible à quelqu'un; ( tell off) passer un savon (colloq) à quelqu'un
4) (stern, cold) [person, look, words] dur, sévère5) ( concrete) [evidence, fact] solide6) ( stark) [colour, light] dur7) ( strong) [liquor] fort; [drug] dur; [pornography] hard (colloq) (inv)8) Politicsthe hard left/right — la gauche/droite (pure et) dure
9) Chemistry [water] dur, calcaire10) Linguistics [consonant] dur11) (colloq) ( tough) [person] dur12) Finance [currency] fort2.1) (strongly, energetically) [push, hit, cry] fort; [work] dur; [study, think] sérieusement; [rain] à verse; [snow] abondamment; [look, listen] attentivementto be hard hit — fig être durement frappé (by par)
to try hard — ( intellectually) faire beaucoup d'efforts; ( physically) essayer de toutes ses forces
no matter how hard I try/work, I... — j'ai beau essayer/travailler, je...
to be hard at it (colloq) ou at work — être en plein travail
2) ( with directions)hard behind — juste derrière; heel
••to be/feel hard done by — être/se sentir brimé
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hard-bitten — hard boiled hard boiledadj. not given to sentimentality or gentleness; of people; as, a hard bitten character. Syn: pugnacious, tough. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hard-bitten — tough, tough in a fight, lit. given to hard biting, 1715, originally of dogs, from HARD (Cf. hard) + BITTEN (Cf. bitten), with the pp. used actively (Cf. ill spoken) … Etymology dictionary
hard-bitten — adj not easily shocked or upset, because you have had a lot of experience ▪ a hard bitten cop … Dictionary of contemporary English
hard-bitten — [härd′bit′ n] adj. 1. Archaic that bites hard; tough in fighting: said of dogs 2. stubborn; tough; dogged … English World dictionary
hard-bitten — index obdurate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
hard-bitten — /hahrd bit n/, adj. 1. tough; stubborn. 2. conditioned by battle or struggle: a hard bitten army. 3. grim or severe in judgment or attitude: a hard bitten old teacher. 4. hard boiled (defs. 2, 3). [1775 85] * * * … Universalium
hard-bitten — ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n (disapproval) If you describe someone as hard bitten, you are critical of them because they do not show much emotion or have much sympathy for other people, usually because they have experienced many unpleasant things. ...a… … English dictionary
hard-bitten — adjective a hard bitten FBI agent Syn: hardened, tough, cynical, unsentimental, hardheaded, case hardened, as tough as nails; informal hard nosed, hard edged, hard boiled Ant: sentimental … Thesaurus of popular words
hard-bitten — adjective not easily shocked or upset, because you have had a lot of experience: a hard bitten journalist … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hard-bitten — hard bit|ten [ ,hard bıtn ] adjective tending not to feel sympathy and other positive emotions because of having had a lot of difficult experiences … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hard-bitten — hard′ bit′ten adj. conditioned by battle or struggle; tough; stubborn … From formal English to slang