DIFFICULTY - Translation from English into French

Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

English

French

difficulty [Brit ˈdɪfɪk(ə)lti, Am ˈdɪfəkəlti] N

1. difficulty (of task, activity, situation):

difficulty

difficulté f

the difficulty of doing

la difficulté de faire

to have difficulty (in) doing sth

avoir du mal à faire qc

to have great difficulty (in) doing

avoir beaucoup de mal à faire

to have difficulty with one's eyesight

avoir des problèmes de vue

I have difficulty with that idea

cette idée me pose un problème

2. difficulty (problem):

difficulty

difficulté f

difficulty

problème m

the difficulties of forming a government/of living here

les difficultés de la formation d'un gouvernement/de la vie ici

the difficulty is that …

le problème est que …

to run into difficulties

se heurter à des difficultés

I can't see any difficulty in doing

je ne vois aucune difficulté à faire

3. difficulty (of puzzle, author, style):

difficulty

difficulté f (of de)

Phrases:

in difficulty (in trouble)

en difficulté

speech difficulty N

speech difficulty

difficulté f d'élocution

resolvable crisis, difficulty

qui peut être résolu

breathing attr difficulty, exercise

respiratoire, de respiration

to grapple with fig problem, difficulty

se colleter avec

French

English

péniblement marcher, élaborer, préserver

with difficulty

avoir grand-peine à faire

to have great difficulty doing

à grand-peine

with great difficulty

cahin-caha

with difficulty

difficulté

difficulty

toute la difficulté est là

therein lies the difficulty

avoir/éprouver de la difficulté à faire

to have/to experience difficulty (in) doing

avec difficulté

with difficulty

difficulté

difficulty, problem

la principale/seconde difficulté a été de faire

the main/second difficulty was to do

ne présenter aucune difficulté

to present no difficulty

sans difficulté(s)

without any difficulty

non sans difficultés

not without difficulty

avoir des difficultés en français/algèbre

to have difficulty with ou in French/algebra

avoir des difficultés à ou pour faire

to have difficulty (in) doing

la difficulté réside en ce que …

the difficulty lies in the fact that …

c'est là ou en cela que réside la difficulté

that's where the difficulty lies

in the PONS Dictionary

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French

difficulty <-ties> N

1. difficulty no pl (being difficult):

difficulty

difficulté f

2. difficulty (much effort):

difficulty

peine f

with difficulty

avec peine

3. difficulty (problem):

difficulty

problème m

to encounter difficulties

faire face à des problèmes

to be fraught with difficulties

être plein de difficultés

to have difficulty doing sth no pl

avoir de la peine à faire qc

regardless of difficulty, expense

sans se soucier de

pose difficulty

soulever

arise difficulty

surgir

to get over sth difficulty

surmonter qc

French

English

péniblement

with difficulty

avoir grand-peine à faire qc

to have great difficulty in doing sth

à grand-peine

with great difficulty

graduer

to increase in difficulty

les difficultés sont graduées

there are graded levels of difficulty

difficulté

difficulty

de difficulté croissante

of increasing difficulty

être/se retrouver en difficulté

to be/to find oneself in difficulty

difficilement

with difficulty

in the PONS Dictionary

English

French

difficulty <-ties> N

1. difficulty (being difficult):

difficulty

difficulté f

2. difficulty (much effort):

difficulty

peine f

with difficulty

avec peine

3. difficulty (problem):

difficulty

problème m

to encounter difficulties

faire face à des problèmes

to be fraught with difficulties

être plein de difficultés

to have difficulty doing sth

avoir de la peine à faire qc

regardless of difficulty, expense

sans se soucier de

arise difficulty

surgir

to get over sth difficulty

surmonter qc

to have some serious difficulty

avoir de grosses difficultés

French

English

péniblement

with difficulty

difficilement

with difficulty

graduer

to increase in difficulty

avoir grand-peine à faire qc

to have great difficulty in doing sth

difficulté

difficulty

être/se retrouver en difficulté

to be/to find oneself in difficulty

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

Life span is expected to be normal, but attacks can drop potassium to levels low enough to cause life-threatening breathing problems or heart rhythm difficulties.

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But then her breathing became irregular, and there were long gasps and little gasps.

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She practiced breathing and phrasing, with particular emphasis on diction.

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The destruction of these nerves weakens the muscles supplied by the cranial nerves, producing symptoms of encephalitis, and causes difficulty breathing, speaking and swallowing.

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Applications of pure perfluorocarbon liquid breathing (which uses pure perfluorocarbon liquid, not a water emulsion) include assisting burn victims and premature babies with deficient lungs.

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