Are you trying to hyphenate hards? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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Not easy Requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure A difficult task Nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access Difficult times Why is it so hard for you to keep a secret? |
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Dispassionate Took a hard look A hard bargainer |
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Resisting weight or pressure |
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Very strong or vigorous Strong winds A hard left to the chin A knockout punch A severe blow |
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Characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion Especially physical effort Worked their arduous way up the mining valley A grueling campaign Hard labor Heavy work Heavy going Spent many laborious hours on the project Set a punishing pace |
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Produced without vibration of the vocal cords Unvoiced consonants such as `p' and `k' and `s' |
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(of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source |
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(of speech sounds) Produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants |
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Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors A hard drinker |
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Being distilled rather than fermented Having a high alcoholic content Hard liquor |
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Unfortunate or hard to bear Had hard luck A tough break |
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Dried out Hard dry rolls left over from the day before |
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With effort or force or vigor The team played hard Worked hard all day Pressed hard on the lever Hit the ball hard Slammed the door hard |
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With firmness Held hard to the railing |
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Earnestly or intently Thought hard about it Stared hard at the accused |
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Causing great damage or hardship Industries hit hard by the depression She was severely affected by the bank's failure |
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Slowly and with difficulty Prejudices die hard |
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Indulging excessively He drank heavily |
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Into a solid condition Concrete that sets hard within a few hours |
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Very near or close in space or time It stands hard by the railroad tracks They were hard on his heels A strike followed hard upon the plant's opening |
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With pain or distress or bitterness He took the rejection very hard |
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To the full extent possible All the way Hard alee The ship went hard astern Swung the wheel hard left |