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  • 1difficult to please — index particular (exacting), querulous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 2difficult — adj. 1) difficult for (typing is difficult for me) 2) difficult to + inf. (it is difficult to please him = he is difficult to please = he is a difficult person to please; it is difficult to translate this book = this book is difficult to… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 3please — please1 [ pliz ] interjection *** 1. ) used as a polite way of asking for something or of asking someone to do something: Would you help me, please? Could I please have change for a dollar? Would you please tell me how much this costs? 2. ) used… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 4please */*/*/ — I UK [pliːz] / US [plɪz] interjection 1) used as a polite way of asking for something or of asking someone to do something Would you help me with these bags, please? Could I have change for a pound, please? Can you tell me how much this costs,… …

    English dictionary

  • 5please — verb ADVERB ▪ enormously ▪ The result pleased us enormously. VERB + PLEASE ▪ be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to ▪ So …

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  • 6please*/*/*/ — [pliːz] interjection I 1) used as a polite way of asking for something, or of asking someone to do something Would you help me with these bags, please?[/ex] Could I have change for a pound, please?[/ex] 2) used for emphasizing a request, an order …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 7Difficult — Dif fi*cult, a. [From {Difficulty}.] 1. Hard to do or to make; beset with difficulty; attended with labor, trouble, or pains; not easy; arduous. [1913 Webster] Note: Difficult implies the notion that considerable mental effort or skill is… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 8Difficult Loves (album) — Difficult Loves Studio album by Weddings Parties Anything Released January 1992 …

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  • 9difficult — [adj1] hard on someone; hard to do ambitious, arduous, backbreaker*, bothersome, burdensome, challenging, crucial, demanding, difficile, easier said than done*, effortful, exacting, formidable, galling, Gargantuan*, hardwon, heavy, Herculean*,… …

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  • 10difficult — c.1400, apparently a back formation from DIFFICULTY (Cf. difficulty). French has difficile, Latin difficilis. Of persons, hard to please, from 1580s …

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