heavy-going in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for heavy-going in the Spanish»English Dictionary

ladrillo N m

1. ladrillo (en la construcción):

ladrillo

brick

una pared de ladrillo

a brick wall

fachada a ladrillo visto o LatAm de ladrillo a la vista

brick facade

ser un ladrillo inf libro:

to be heavy-going

ser un ladrillo persona: Arg

to be dense o slow inf

2. ladrillo:

(de) color ladrillo

brick-red

3. ladrillo Spain inf (industria):

el ladrillo

the construction industry

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un libro bastante indigesto

a book that is rather difficult to read o that is rather heavy going

esta asignatura es un puro

this subject is really heavy going o is really tough inf

Translations for heavy-going in the English»Spanish Dictionary

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the novel/play was heavy going

la novela/obra era pesada

it's rather slow and heavy going: in a word, dull

es bastante lento y pesado; en una palabra, es aburrido

heavy-going in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for heavy-going in the English»Spanish Dictionary

heavy going ADJ

heavy going

dificultoso, -a

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the book was rather heavy going

la lectura del libro era bastante pesada

Translations for heavy-going in the Spanish»English Dictionary

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pesado (-a) (lectura)

heavy going

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English

Though all the stories are convincing, it is heavy going at times.

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That makes sense in terms of the character, but it can be heavy going for the sensitive.

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The episodes leading up to this finale were pretty heavy going, with the death of a lead character and the fallout that entailed.

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One of them particularly said he thought it was heavy going.

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The northern section is sandy and windy and can be heavy going.

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On the day, the race went ahead despite atrocious weather, with high winds and an extremely heavy going.

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If you don't know much about some of these things, the book may be heavy going.

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Although it is always entertaining, and rarely heavy going, there is nothing whimsical about this book.

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It is really heavy going; the style of writing is really frantic and raw, and almost a bit feral and disturbing and brilliant.

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So all this sounds like her show is going to be heavy going.

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