Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with difficult in American Collocation
difficult
adjective
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Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
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What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
US
/ˈdɪfɪkəlt/
very
especially
extraordinarily
extremely
incredibly
particularly
so
surprisingly
terribly
too
very
Things can be extremely difficult when family members have to be separated.
rather
a little
quite
rather
The office is rather difficult to reach by car, so we recommend the bus.
in a way that makes you annoyed or impatient
fiendishly
frustratingly
impossibly
unreasonably
The book includes some fiendishly difficult puzzles.
more than before
doubly
increasingly
The team’s task became doubly difficult when they had a player sent off after 25 minutes.
notoriously
notoriously
It is notoriously difficult to get healthcare messages across to men.
in a particular way
logistically
technically
The music is not technically difficult, but still satisfying to play.
be or become difficult
be
become
get
prove
remain
Persuading these people to leave is proving difficult.
seem difficult
appear
seem
sound
For some children learning to swim seems much more difficult than for others.
make something difficult
make something
render something
Rescue operations were rendered difficult by the enemy shelling the area.
think something is difficult
consider something
find something
It’s one of those books which you’ll find difficult to put down.