hard

1. adjective

1) (firm; solid; not easy to break, scratch etc: The ground is too hard to dig.) hard, fast

2) (not easy to do, learn, solve etc: Is English a hard language to learn?; He is a hard man to please.) vanskelig

3) (not feeling or showing kindness: a hard master.) streng

4) ((of weather) severe: a hard winter.) hard, streng

5) (having or causing suffering: a hard life; hard times.) hard, vanskelig

6) ((of water) containing many chemical salts and so not easily forming bubbles when soap is added: The water is hard in this part of the country.) hard, kalkrik

2. adverb

1) (with great effort: He works very hard; Think hard.) hardt, flittig

2) (with great force; heavily: Don't hit him too hard; It was raining hard.) hardt, tungt

3) (with great attention: He stared hard at the man.) skarpt, strengt, stivt

4) (to the full extent; completely: The car turned hard right.) skarpt

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- harden

- hardness
- hardship
- hard-and-fast
- hard-back
- hard-boiled
- harddisk
- hard-earned
- hard-headed
- hard-hearted
- hardware
- hard-wearing
- be hard on
- hard at it
- hard done by
- hard lines/luck
- hard of hearing
- a hard time of it
- a hard time
- hard up

tung

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vanskelig

I

subst. \/hɑːd\/

1) fast strand (som landingsplass)

2) (slang) straffearbeid

• five years hard

3) (slang) erigert penis

II

adj. \/hɑːd\/

1) hard, fast, stiv

• the clay grew hard

leiren hardnet

2) hard, kraftig

• a hard fight

• a hard rain

3) hard, tøff, sterk, i form

• a hard fight

4) kraftig, ivrig, flittig

• a hard worker

5) vanskelig, besværlig, hard, tung

• a hard question

• hard work

• hard to understand

• hard to please

• a hard case

et vanskelig tilfelle

• her food is hard to digest

maten hennes er tungt fordøyelig

• he had a hard life

6) (om person) hardhjertet, følelsesløs, streng, strikt, fordringsfull

• a hard master

en streng herre

7) (om informasjon) pålitelig, nøktern

8) (om medikament) sterkt virkende, sterk, vanedannende

9) (om klima) streng, hard

• a hard winter

• hard weather

10) (om vann) hardt

11) hard, grov

12) (om stil) streng

13) (om pris) (høy og) fast

14) (om språklyd) hard, ustemt

15) (hverdagslig) alkoholholdig, sterk

• oh no, I gave the children some of that hard cider

å nei, jeg har gitt barna litt av den alkoholholdige sideren

be hard on one's clothes slite klærne hardt

be hard on somebody være streng mot noen være urettferdig mot noen være skadelig for noen

• the poor lighting is hard on my eyes

det dårlige lyset er skadelig for øynene mine

hard and fast fastsatt, definitiv, avgjort (sjøfart, om skip på grunn) ubevegelig

a hard drinker se ➢ drinker

hard put to something finne noe svært vanskelig

hard to swallow se ➢ swallow, 2

III

adv. \/hɑːd\/

1) hardt, sterkt, voldsomt, kraftig, intenst

• it's blowing hard

• press hard

presse hardt

• ride hard

ri fort

2) ivrig, flittig, hardt

• study hard

studere hardt

3) med besvær, med vanskelighet, med (stor) møye

• the victory was hard won

4) (sjøfart) hardt

be hard up (hverdagslig) sitte hardt i det, ha det vanskelig, være i pengeknipe

be hard up for something (to do) mangle noe (å gjøre)

• he was hard up for ideas

han manglet ideer

follow hard on følge hakk i hæl