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English word

hard

A1Frequent NGSL-1
UK /hɑːd/US /hɑːrd/
adjective

difficult to do, understand or answer

adverb

with great effort; with difficulty

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So I can't emphasize that enough: as long as we push hard and are not complacent, the future is going to be great.

Elon Musk: A future worth getting excited about (TED 2022)

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