Usage examples of "hard time" in English with translation to French

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Everybody had a hard time. On a tous mangé de la vache enragée.

You'll have a hard time. Ça va être dur pour toi.

He gave me a hard time. Il m'a fait passer un sale quart d'heure.

She was having a hard time swimming. Elle avait du mal à nager.

He is giving me a hard time. Il se montre difficile avec moi.

He has a hard time remembering names. Il n'est pas doué pour retenir les noms.

I'm having a hard time concentrating. J'ai du mal à me concentrer.

I had a hard time finding his house. J'ai eu du mal à trouver sa maison.

I had a very hard time writing the paper. J'ai eu des difficultés pour écrire ce texte.

The family had a hard time after the war. La famille a connu des heures difficiles après la guerre.

You can't hide the fact that you're having a hard time. Bad news travels fast you know. Tu ne peux pas cacher le fait que tu traverses une mauvaise passe. Les mauvaises nouvelles voyagent vite, tu sais.

I got lost and had a hard time finding my way back to the hotel. Je me suis égaré et j'ai eu du mal à retrouver le chemin de l'hôtel.

He had a hard time making himself understood at the meeting. Il a eu du mal à faire comprendre ses idées à la réunion.

The discrepancy between the stories of the two parties involved in the accident was so great that the authorities had a hard time deciding which side was telling the truth. Les différences entre les histoires des deux parties impliquées dans l'accident étaient si grandes que les autorités ont eu du mal à décider qui disait la vérité.

I had a hard time trying to persuade him to cancel the trip. J'ai eu des difficultés à essayer de le persuader d'annuler le voyage.

I must work hard to make up for lost time. Il faut que je travaille dur pour rattraper le temps perdu.

We are working hard to make up for lost time. Nous travaillons dur pour rattraper le temps perdu.

It was such a hard test that we did not have time to finish. C'était un test si difficile que nous n'avons pas eu le temps de finir.

Sometimes it's hard to be tactful and honest at the same time. Il est parfois difficile d'être à la fois délicat et franc.

It rained so hard that we decided to visit him some other time. Il pleuvait si fort que nous avons décidé de lui rendre visite une autre fois.

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