hard time

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hard time

noun hard times

colloquial, countable Difficulties; a difficult time; trouble. They had a hard time putting the self-assembly furniture together without a manual.
colloquial, uncountable A prison term. Jack got hard time for his part in the robbery.

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noun difficulties

Español	mal trago
中文	艱難時期 /艰难时期 jiānnán shíqī, 困難 /困难 kùnnan, 受罪 shòuzuì, 麻煩 /麻烦 máfan
Français	problèmes
Deutsch	schwere Zeit

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@misc{hard_time_2026,
  title = {hard time},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hard%20time},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}