The talks had been hard going at the start.

会谈在开始时是艰难的。

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I'm finding his latest novel very hard going.

我觉得他最近的这部小说很晦涩。

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It was hard going getting up at five every morning.

每天早上五点钟起床太难了。

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She expresses the importance of girls going to school and working hard to learn.

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It was very well received. You decided, "for my next project I am going to write about my life." You've had a hard life, by the way.

你决定：，“我的下一本书要写我的生活”,顺便提一下，你的日子很贫苦。

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So it's really going in there making a hard, like impact on these students.

所以那里就是存在这些现象，对学生影响很大。

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Mr Spurlock has since shed 20 pounds, but is finding the last five pounds hard going.

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Autonomy takes up the first four chapters, and non-philosophers will probably find this hard going.

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Mr Daugherty tries to sustain interest in Heller's subsequent books, but finds it hard going.

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