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Search phrase: difficult

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OthelloOth III.iii.82It shall be full of poise and difficult weight,It shall be full of poize, and difficult waight,

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Glossary

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bur[prickly, clinging seedpod] thing difficult to shake off
burclinger, person difficult to shake off
curiousparticular, difficult to satisfy, hard to please
harddifficult, not easy [to obtain]
hard-ruleddifficult to manage, obstreperous
heavydifficult, hard, laborious
little-seeming[difficult meaning] of no account; or: who refuses to acknowledge appearances
muchhard, difficult
overpartedunequal to the part, having too difficult a part to play
roughdifficult to manage, not thoroughly trained
shrewdshrewish, bad-tempered, difficult
slipperyfaithless, unchaste, difficult to hold on to
steepysteep, precipitous, difficult to ascend
stubborndifficult, demanding, exacting
uneasynot easy, hard, difficult
untowardstubborn, difficult, perverse

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ascend, difficult tosteepy
difficulthard
difficultheavy
difficultmuch
difficultshrewd
difficultstubborn
difficultuneasy
difficultuntoward
difficult a part, having toooverparted
difficult to ascendsteepy
difficult to hold on toslippery
difficult to managehard-ruled
difficult to managerough
difficult to satisfycurious
holding on, difficultslippery
manage, difficult tohard-ruled
manage, difficult torough
part, having too difficult aoverparted
satisfy, difficult tocurious
shake off, person difficult tobur

Themes and Topics

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French...ile madame comme je pense > it is too difficult ma'am as i think h5 iii iv 25  excuse...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
DIFFICULTBASICdifficult n, difficuty n

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