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I. hard [hɑ:d] ADJ

1. hard (solid):

hard
[as] hard as a rock

2. hard (tough):

hard person
hard person
he's a hard one

3. hard (difficult):

hard
she had a hard time [of it]
to find sth hard to believe
it's hard to say

4. hard (laborious):

hard
to be hard work
to be hard work studies
to be hard work text
to be a hard worker

5. hard (severe):

hard
hard voice
hard luck!
[as] hard as nails
to give sb a hard time

6. hard (harmful):

to be hard on sth

7. hard (unfortunate):

hard
to be hard on sb

8. hard (extreme):

hard

9. hard:

hard (reliable)
hard facts (blunt)

10. hard (potent):

hard
hard drug

11. hard water:

hard

12. hard (scrutinizing):

to take a [good] hard look at sth

13. hard (printout):

hard copy
to be hard at it
hard and fast
hard and fast rule

II. hard [hɑ:d] ADV

1. hard (solid):

hard
frozen hard liquid
frozen hard plants
to set hard glue, varnish, concrete

2. hard (vigorously):

hard
hard
think hard!
to fight hard [for sth]
to rain hard
to try hard
to work hard

3. hard (severely):

hard

4. hard (closely):

hard
hard

5. hard fig (stubbornly):

to die hard
to be hard done by Brit

hard-ˈbit·ten ADJ

hard-bitten

hard-ˈboiled ADJ

1. hard-boiled egg:

hard-boiled

2. hard-boiled fig:

hard-boiled

hard ˈcash N no pl

hard cash

hard ˈcopy N COMPUT

hard copy
hard copy

ˈhard court N TENNIS

hard court

hard ˈcur·ren·cy N

ˈhard disk N COMPUT

hard disk

hard-ˈearned ADJ

hard-earned
hard-earned pay

hard ˈfeel·ings N pl

no hard feelings?

hard-ˈfought ADJ

1. hard-fought battle, match:

hard-fought

2. hard-fought victory:

hard-fought

ˈhard hat N

1. hard hat (helmet):

hard hat

2. hard hat inf (worker):

hard hat
gradbinec(gradbinka) m (f)
hard hat
gradbeni delavec(delavka) m (f)

hard-ˈhead·ed ADJ

1. hard-headed:

hard-headed
hard-headed

2. hard-headed:

hard-headed

hard-ˈheart·ed ADJ

hard-hearted
hard-hearted

hard-ˈhit·ting ADJ

hard-hitting
hard-hitting

hard ˈla·bour, hard ˈla·bor N no pl

hard labour

hard-ˈnosed ADJ

hard-nosed
hard-nosed person

hard-ˈpressed ADJ

hard-pressed
hard-pressed

hard ˈsell N

hard sell

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Solving a subset sum problem is almost as hard as the discrete logarithm problem.
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Their original music tended toward a hard funk sound, mainly influenced by three musicians who formed the core of the group.
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Once more the battle was hard fought and narrowly decided, with both sides suffering great losses.
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People at that performance listened hard for portents.
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Also, it isn't hard to generate random text with a frequency distribution similar to real text, artificially raising the coincidence count.
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