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How to pronounce “difficult

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Pronunciation guide for difficult

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of difficult with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Documenting the World Trade Center Attacksand it was very difficult to get to
Definition summary
Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.

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How to pronounce difficult

Documenting the World Trade Center Attacks

and it was very difficult to get to

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “difficult

Meaning

  • [Adjective]
  • Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
  • (often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
  • (obsolete) Unable or unwilling.
  • [Verb]
  • (obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.

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