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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
- Mastering Conflict
what I'm calling difficult
- Definition summary
- Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce difficult
Mastering Conflict

what I'm calling difficult
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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