hard work

English

Alternative forms

  • hardwork, hard-work

Noun

hard work (uncountable)

  1. Something requiring much effort to accomplish, either physical, mental or emotional; labor; toil. (This entry is a translation hub.)
    • 1958 July, J. P. Wilson, “Scottish Soliloquy”, in Railway Magazine, pages 493, 495:
      Compact strongly-built engines, with a capacity for hard work, they were, perhaps, not in the front rank of handsome locomotives, yet withal were pleasing to the eye.
    • 2011 November 12, Phil McNulty, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎[1]:
      Capello was keen to use Phil Jones, normally a defender, in central midfield - but it was hard work for the Manchester United teenager and his England colleagues in the first half as Spain predictably dominated possession.

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