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Common
adj
•
Hard
, not
easy
,
requiring
much
effort
.
•
Hard
to
manage
,
uncooperative
,
troublesome
.
•
Unable or
unwilling
.
verb
•
To make
difficult
; to
impede
; to
perplex
.
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