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1 pritegnuti
vt pf tighten (up), draw/pull/stretch/ /strap tight | fig - nekoga put/keep smb. on a short(er)/tight(er) leash, rein in, take smb. in hand, be/lean hard on, tighten the screws, put the screw(s) on; vulg get smb. by the balls* * *• screw• tighten• pull in -
2 ispuštati
vt impf -ispustiti I -ajući zadovoljne glasove (zvukove) making contented noises; knjiga koja se ne -a iz ruku a book hard to put down* * *• emit• shed• send• tap off• bleed -
3 nedostižan
adj unattainable, unachievable, unreachable, beyond one's reach; impossible to reach/attain/achieve; (prebrz) that cannot be caught up with, not to be caught up with; (bez premca) peerless, matchless, inimitable, without rival I učiniti -nim put out of re* * *• elusive• bottomless• to reach• unapproachable• unequalled• uncome-at-able• unattainable• unavailable• unreachable• unscalable• inscrutable• inaccessible• inapproachable• inapprehensible• hard to reach -
4 pretvarati se
vr impf (u nešto) turn into itd. (- pretvoriti se); (licemjerno) dissimulate, dissemble, feign, simulate, fake, affect, pretend, act, put on/up an act (ili a front), make believe, sham; (bolesnim) malinger | samo se -a da neće she is just playing hard to* * *• dissemble• dissimulate• simulate• stimulate• pretend• affect• masquerade• mask
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hard put to do something — hard put to (do something) finding something difficult to do. None of the family I was staying with spoke English and I was hard put to recall my high school French. You d be hard put to find any other college students more deserving of the award … New idioms dictionary
hard put to — (do something) finding something difficult to do. None of the family I was staying with spoke English and I was hard put to recall my high school French. You d be hard put to find any other college students more deserving of the award … New idioms dictionary
hard put to it — In dire straits or difficulty • • • Main Entry: ↑hard … Useful english dictionary
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hard put — or[hard put to it] {adj.} In a difficult position; faced with difficulty; barely able. * /John was hard put to find a good excuse for his lateness in coming to school./ * /The scouts found themselves hard put to it to find the way home./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hard put — or[hard put to it] {adj.} In a difficult position; faced with difficulty; barely able. * /John was hard put to find a good excuse for his lateness in coming to school./ * /The scouts found themselves hard put to it to find the way home./ … Dictionary of American idioms
hard put — adj. facing difficulties hard put to + inf. (she was hard put to pay her rent) … Combinatory dictionary
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hard put — adjective Date: 1893 barely able ; faced with difficulty or perplexity < was hard put to find an explanation > … New Collegiate Dictionary
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