difficult
/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/ adjective A1- Hard, not easy, requiring much effort. · difficult of accomplishment· However, the difficult weather conditions will ensure Yunnan has plenty of freshwater.
- Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome. · Stop being difficult and eat your broccoli—you know it's good for you.
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This murder would have been infinitely more difficult to unravel had the body of the victim been simply found lying in the roadway without any of those outré and sensational accompaniments which have rendered it remarkable.
These strange details, far from making the case more difficult, have really had the effect of making it less so.”
So sinister was the impression which that face had produced upon me that I found it difficult to feel anything but gratitude for him who had removed its owner from the world.
That he could play pieces, and difficult pieces, I knew well, because at my request he has played me some of Mendelssohn’s Lieder, and other favourites.
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