If someone is hard-nosed, chances are he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money,for an object or service.

VOA: special.2011.06.19

If someone is hard-nosed, chances are he will never pay through the nose, or pay too much money, for an object or service.

VOA: special.2009.09.13

He said, "He was a lazy man who never worked hard."

VOA: special.2010.06.26

"Apart from my mother, everybody laughing, she would say if you really want something, you work hard, you take advantage of opportunity, you never give up,you find a way.

VOA: special.2009.11.18

The academy says some foods, like hard candy,nuts, seeds and whole grapes, raw carrots, should never be given to toddlers.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

"I never done it in my life - I don't,know kind of hard, that's why I am still here - unemployed."

VOA: standard.2010.05.15

"As hard as it may be to sustain in these economic times, your commitments have never been more needed, they have never been more inspiring,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.23