In order to be eligible to play it was necessary for him to keep up in his studies, a very difficult matter, for while he was not dumber than an ox he was not any smarter.

要获得打球的资格，他的学习就必须跟上趟，这可是一件极其困难的事情，因为他虽说并不必公牛苯，却也聪明不到哪里去。

youdao

I had thought the head was the most difficult part of the matter—oh!

我原以为脑袋才是最难过铁栅栏的——啊！

youdao

Peter would often leave out long and difficult words,—what did three or four words matter!

彼得常常会漏掉又长又难的词，三四个词又有什么关系呢？

youdao

Where to direct the anger and the blame is a more difficult matter.

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Ms Godfrey, however, said the intermittent nature of the technical issues reported by some schools made this a difficult matter to resolve.

BBC: Education Committee

So it was a difficult matter, but if you really peeled of the onion, so to speak, you saw that hey, this is not exactly what it appears to be.

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