heavy going in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for heavy going in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.going [Am ˈɡoʊɪŋ, Brit ˈɡəʊɪŋ] N no pl

II.going [Am ˈɡoʊɪŋ, Brit ˈɡəʊɪŋ] ADJ attr

I.go <3rd pers sing pres goes, pt went, pp gone> [Am ɡoʊ, Brit ɡəʊ] VB intr

1.2. go (to start moving, acting):

go to or for it! inf

2.1. go < pp gone been> (to travel to):

Phrases:

II.go <3rd pers sing pres goes, pt went, pp gone> [Am ɡoʊ, Brit ɡəʊ] VB trans

III.to be going to <3rd pers sing pres goes, pt went, pp gone> VB aux only in -ing form

IV.go <pl goes> [Am ɡoʊ, Brit ɡəʊ] N

1.1. go C (attempt):

have a go
have a go
to give sth a go Brit

V.go [Am ɡoʊ, Brit ɡəʊ] ADJ pred

See also go with, go together, go into, go in

go with VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + prep + o)

go together VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + adv)

go into VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + prep + o)

go in VB [Am ɡoʊ -, Brit ɡəʊ -] (v + adv)

I.heavy <heavier, heaviest> [Am ˈhɛvi, Brit ˈhɛvi] ADJ

4.1. heavy (intense):

II.heavy [Am ˈhɛvi, Brit ˈhɛvi] ADV

III.heavy <pl heavies> [Am ˈhɛvi, Brit ˈhɛvi] N

heavy going in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for heavy going in the English»Spanish Dictionary

I.heavy <-ier, -iest> [ˈhev·i] ADJ

II.heavy <-ies> [ˈhev·i] N sl

I.go <went, gone> [goʊ] VB intr

II.go <went, gone> [goʊ] VB trans

III.going [ˈgoʊ·ɪŋ] VB intr aux

British English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
Though all the stories are convincing, it is heavy going at times.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
That makes sense in terms of the character, but it can be heavy going for the sensitive.
en.wikipedia.org
The episodes leading up to this finale were pretty heavy going, with the death of a lead character and the fallout that entailed.
www.denofgeek.com
One of them particularly said he thought it was heavy going.
www.rte.ie
The northern section is sandy and windy and can be heavy going.
blogs.kqed.org
On the day, the race went ahead despite atrocious weather, with high winds and an extremely heavy going.
en.wikipedia.org
If you don't know much about some of these things, the book may be heavy going.
www.smh.com.au
Although it is always entertaining, and rarely heavy going, there is nothing whimsical about this book.
en.wikipedia.org
It is really heavy going; the style of writing is really frantic and raw, and almost a bit feral and disturbing and brilliant.
www.independent.ie
So all this sounds like her show is going to be heavy going.
www.smh.com.au

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