I had a hard time getting him to pay up.

我好不容易让他还清了全部欠款。

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I had a hard time reading a few pages, and then I decided to give up.

我很艰难地读完了几页，然后我决定放弃。

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I had a hard time getting through this novel.

我看这本小说可花了不少力气。

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That means he had a hard time realizing when it was out of control.

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But,it's hard,if you're fourty-seven years, your job is a pretender to the throne, it's difficult.He had a hard time getting around.

但是,如果你要花四十七年,去争夺王位,是很不容易的,他做得很艰苦

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It would have had a hard time getting through the shields and it didn't have any distance.

几乎没法穿过盾牌,也没有远程杀伤力

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But his concentration was slipping: He had a hard time writing sermons or even reading.

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To make a long story short, I had a hard time getting it back from her.

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She admitted that she had a hard time delegating and was used to doing everything herself.

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